head to head
vs
Jr. Pac-ManvsThe Messenger
Jr. Pac-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Messenger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Jr. Pac-ManThe Messenger
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Jr. Pac-Man leans harder on variance: Minor timing randomness; behaviour is essentially mappable
Optimization6 vs 5
Jr. Pac-Man leans harder on optimization: Ghost patterns and clearing routes are fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.