head to head
vs
Impossible MissionvsPokémon Pinball
Impossible Mission leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pokémon Pinball leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Impossible MissionPokémon Pinball
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Impossible Mission leans harder on optimization: Search routing under the time limit
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.