head to head
vs
Magic JewelryvsSerious Sam: The First Encounter
Magic Jewelry leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Magic JewelrySerious Sam: The First Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans harder on execution: Sustained accurate fire against enormous enemy hordes demands constant aim
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Magic Jewelry leans harder on variance: Random jewel columns are bounded and mappable
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.