head to head
vs
Pac-Man Championship EditionvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2
Pac-Man Championship Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Galaxy 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Pac-Man Championship EditionSuper Mario Galaxy 2
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.
Variance2 vs 1
Pac-Man Championship Edition leans harder on variance: Fruit and maze-half changes are quickly mapped
Optimization7 vs 6
Pac-Man Championship Edition leans harder on optimization: Optimal eating routes and ghost-train herding are deeply studyable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.