head to head
vs
Micro MagesvsSonic Mania
Micro Mages leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sonic Mania leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Micro MagesSonic Mania
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Micro Mages leans harder on execution: Precise platforming jumps and dodges decide survival
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.