head to head
vs
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimevsFotonica
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Fotonica leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeFotonica
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Fotonica leans harder on execution: One-button timing at extreme speed defines everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Fotonica leans harder on variance: Tracks are fixed once learned, little randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
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.