head to head
vs
Elden Ring NightreignvsPac-Man 99
Elden Ring Nightreign leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pac-Man 99 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Elden Ring NightreignPac-Man 99
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Pac-Man 99 leans harder on reads: 98 opponents are anonymous noise, not readable minds
Variance5 vs 4
Elden Ring Nightreign leans harder on variance: run seeds and loot are randomized
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.