head to head
vs
Batman: VengeancevsNew Super Mario Bros.
Batman: Vengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); New Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Batman: VengeanceNew Super Mario Bros.
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
New Super Mario Bros. leans harder on execution: Jump timing and momentum control carry every level
Reads1 vs 0
Batman: Vengeance leans harder on reads: Thugs and bosses run fixed scripts, never adapt
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.