head to head
vs
Crash BandicootvsSuper Mario Galaxy
Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crash BandicootSuper Mario Galaxy
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 6
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 4
Crash Bandicoot leans harder on optimization: Box routes and gem requirements are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.