head to head
vs
Astalon: Tears of the EarthvsSonic Mania
Astalon: Tears of the Earth leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Mania leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Astalon: Tears of the EarthSonic Mania
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Astalon: Tears of the Earth leans harder on optimization: Character-swap routing and death-loop upgrade economy
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.