head to head
vs
Risk of RainvsShadow Warrior 2
Risk of Rain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shadow Warrior 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Risk of RainShadow Warrior 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 8
Shadow Warrior 2 leans harder on execution: Fast melee and gun chains demand sustained precise input execution
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.