head to head
vs
Golden AxevsSuper Pac-Man
Golden Axe leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Pac-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Golden AxeSuper Pac-Man
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Super Pac-Man leans harder on execution: Quick maze navigation and reaction dodge the ghosts
Reads1 vs 2
Super Pac-Man leans harder on reads: Ghosts follow scripted AI, not adapting to you
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.