head to head
vs
Lost Planet: Extreme ConditionvsSonic Rivals 2
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Rivals 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Lost Planet: Extreme ConditionSonic Rivals 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Sonic Rivals 2 leans harder on variance: item pickups and card randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
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.