head to head
vs
Klonoa: Empire of DreamsvsOddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Klonoa: Empire of DreamsOddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans harder on variance: Deterministic screens, no randomness
Optimization7 vs 7
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.