head to head
vs
Castlevania: The AdventurevsMarvel's Spider-Man Remastered
Castlevania: The Adventure leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castlevania: The AdventureMarvel's Spider-Man Remastered
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Castlevania: The Adventure leans harder on execution: Stiff jumps and instant-death pits demand precise inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered leans harder on variance: minor loot and encounter variance
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.