head to head
vs
Risk of RainvsRogue Legacy 2
Risk of Rain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Rogue Legacy 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Risk of RainRogue Legacy 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 5
Risk of Rain leans harder on variance: Item drops and stage rolls dominate run identity.
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.