head to head
vs
Castlevania: The AdventurevsRayman Origins
Castlevania: The Adventure leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rayman Origins leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Castlevania: The AdventureRayman Origins
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Rayman Origins leans harder on variance: Deterministic levels
Optimization5 vs 4
Castlevania: The Adventure leans harder on optimization: Memorising stage layouts and whip upgrades is half the battle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.