head to head
vs
Shovel KnightvsToree 2
Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Toree 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Shovel KnightToree 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Shovel Knight leans harder on reads: Scripted boss patterns, not reads
Variance1 vs 0
Shovel Knight leans harder on variance: Deterministic stages
Optimization4 vs 4
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.