head to head
vs
Retro/GradevsRock Band 2
Retro/Grade leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rock Band 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Retro/GradeRock Band 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Retro/Grade leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed and fully learnable
Optimization3 vs 4
Rock Band 2 leans harder on optimization: Overdrive activation paths decide leaderboard scores
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.