head to head
vs
Pac-Man Championship EditionvsSuper Metroid
Pac-Man Championship Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Pac-Man Championship EditionSuper Metroid
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Pac-Man Championship Edition leans harder on execution: Split-second cornering at max speed defines high scores
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 7
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.