head to head
vs
Pac-Man World 2vsSpider-Man
Pac-Man World 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Spider-Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Pac-Man World 2Spider-Man
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Pac-Man World 2 leans harder on reads: scripted enemies, no real adaptation
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Spider-Man leans harder on optimization: Boss patterns and level routes are fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.