head to head
vs
GhostrunnervsMega Man X3
Ghostrunner leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mega Man X3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
GhostrunnerMega Man X3
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Ghostrunner leans harder on execution: One-hit-death parkour and slashing demand near-perfect inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Ghostrunner leans harder on variance: Deterministic levels
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.