head to head
vs
Super ContravsTouhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story
Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super ContraTouhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise grazing through dense bullet patterns
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story leans harder on variance: Patterns are deterministic once learned
Optimization6 vs 6
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.