head to head
vs
God of War IIvsSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
God of War II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of War IISuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels leans harder on execution: Brutal precision jumps, poison mushrooms punish any input slip
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.