head to head
vs
Pac-Man Championship Edition DXvsThe Messenger
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Messenger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Pac-Man Championship Edition DXThe Messenger
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX leans harder on execution: Blistering speed demands frame-tight cornering
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX leans harder on optimization: Routing ghost trains for maximum score chains
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.