head to head
vs
Final FightvsPac-Attack
Final Fight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pac-Attack leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Final FightPac-Attack
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Pac-Attack leans harder on execution: Placing pieces under rising speed and gravity decides survival
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Pac-Attack leans harder on variance: Pac-Man's random direction choice adds placement uncertainty
Optimization5 vs 5
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.