head to head
vs
AladdinvsPac-Mania
Aladdin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Pac-Mania leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
AladdinPac-Mania
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 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Pac-Mania leans harder on optimization: Maze routes and pellet timing have learnable optimal 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.