head to head
vs
Marble It Up! UltravsMetal Slug 5
Marble It Up! Ultra leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Metal Slug 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Marble It Up! UltraMetal Slug 5
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Metal Slug 5 leans harder on variance: minor drop and spawn randomness
Optimization3 vs 3
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.