head to head
vs
Mega TurricanvsSonic Mania
Mega Turrican leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sonic Mania leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mega TurricanSonic Mania
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Mega Turrican leans harder on execution: Run-and-gun precision and dodging define every stage
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Sonic Mania leans harder on optimization: Route knowledge dominates speedruns
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.