head to head
vs
Crash BandicootvsMega Man X4
Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mega Man X4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crash BandicootMega Man X4
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Crash Bandicoot leans harder on execution: Tight jumps on narrow paths punish slop
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Mega Man X4 leans harder on optimization: Armor parts, weakness order, and X-vs-Zero routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.