head to head
vs
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2vsSuper Contra
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Contra leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2Super Contra
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 leans harder on optimization: Score routes and ghost-train herding are deeply plannable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.