head to head
vs
Earthworm Jim 2vsPocky & Rocky
Earthworm Jim 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pocky & Rocky leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Earthworm Jim 2Pocky & Rocky
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Pocky & Rocky leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns while aiming is everything
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
Earthworm Jim 2 leans harder on optimization: Learning each surreal level's fixed solution
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.