head to head
vs
Bō: Path of the Teal LotusvsCrash Bandicoot
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Bō: Path of the Teal LotusCrash Bandicoot
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Crash Bandicoot leans harder on execution: Tight jumps on narrow paths punish slop
Reads1 vs 0
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus leans harder on reads: Bosses follow fixed patterns, never adapting
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.