head to head
vs
Shantae: Risky's RevengevsShovel Knight
Shantae: Risky's Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Shantae: Risky's RevengeShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Shantae: Risky's Revenge leans harder on optimization: Dance transformations and backtracking route knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.