head to head
vs
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimevsSonic CD
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Sonic CD leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeSonic CD
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Sonic CD leans harder on execution: Maintaining speed for time travel takes clean play
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.