head to head
vs
Penny's Big BreakawayvsPsychonauts
Penny's Big Breakaway leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Psychonauts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Penny's Big BreakawayPsychonauts
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Penny's Big Breakaway leans harder on execution: Yo-yo momentum platforming demands precision
Reads1 vs 0
Penny's Big Breakaway leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.