head to head
vs
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!vsOddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans harder on execution: Precise platforming and stealth timing kill instantly
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.