head to head
vs
AladdinvsPac-Attack
Aladdin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Pac-Attack leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
AladdinPac-Attack
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Pac-Attack leans harder on variance: Pac-Man's random direction choice adds placement uncertainty
Optimization4 vs 5
Pac-Attack leans harder on optimization: Stack shapes that feed Pac-Man efficiently are learnable patterns
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.