head to head
vs
Metal Slug 5vsSuper Meat Boy
Metal Slug 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Meat Boy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Metal Slug 5Super Meat Boy
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Super Meat Boy leans harder on execution: Pure twitch platforming, frame-perfect jumps
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
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.