head to head
vs
AthenavsCrash Bandicoot
Athena leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
AthenaCrash Bandicoot
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Crash Bandicoot leans harder on execution: Tight jumps on narrow paths punish slop
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Athena leans harder on variance: Item drops add modest run variation
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.