head to head
vs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in TimevsThe Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in TimeThe Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai leans harder on execution: Fast combo-heavy hack-and-slash demands precise inputs and dodges
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai leans harder on variance: Enemy waves are fixed once learned
Optimization5 vs 5
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.