head to head
vs
Marvel's Spider-Man 2vsZombies Ate My Neighbors
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zombies Ate My Neighbors leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Marvel's Spider-Man 2Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted, not modeling player.
Variance1 vs 2
Zombies Ate My Neighbors leans harder on variance: Victim placement varies slightly per level
Optimization5 vs 5
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.