head to head
vs
Lovely PlanetvsMega Man 2
Lovely Planet leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mega Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Lovely PlanetMega Man 2
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Lovely Planet leans harder on execution: Perfect aim mid-jump at full speed is the entire test
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Mega Man 2 leans harder on variance: deterministic once stage layouts known
Optimization6 vs 6
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.