head to head
vs
Hudson's Adventure IslandvsMillipede
Hudson's Adventure Island leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Millipede leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hudson's Adventure IslandMillipede
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Millipede leans harder on variance: Spawn waves and DDT timing vary run to run
Optimization3 vs 3
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.