head to head
vs
CelestevsSuper Meat Boy
Celeste leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Meat Boy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
CelesteSuper Meat Boy
Axis by axis
Execution10 vs 10
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Super Meat Boy leans harder on variance: Fully deterministic levels
Optimization4 vs 3
Celeste leans harder on optimization: Route choice and tech selection are learnable but light.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.