head to head
vs
Earthworm Jim 2vsSWIV
Earthworm Jim 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); SWIV leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Earthworm Jim 2SWIV
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
SWIV leans harder on execution: Weaving through dense bullet patterns is the whole vertical-shooter test
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.