head to head
vs
Alien SpidyvsCrash Bandicoot
Alien Spidy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Alien SpidyCrash Bandicoot
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Alien Spidy leans harder on variance: Hazards are fixed and learnable
Optimization4 vs 5
Crash Bandicoot leans harder on optimization: Box routes and gem requirements are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.