head to head
vs
CupheadvsPac-Man Championship Edition 2
Cuphead leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
CupheadPac-Man Championship Edition 2
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Cuphead leans harder on execution: Tight dodging and parry timing decide every boss.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 leans harder on optimization: Score routes and ghost-train herding are deeply plannable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.