head to head
vs
Final FightvsPac-Mania
Final Fight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pac-Mania leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Final FightPac-Mania
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Pac-Mania leans harder on execution: Steering and jump timing under ghost pressure decide runs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.