head to head
vs
Metal SlugvsSilver Surfer
Metal Slug leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Silver Surfer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Metal SlugSilver Surfer
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Silver Surfer leans harder on execution: One-hit deaths demand near-perfect dodging every second
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.