head to head
vs
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimevsWallace and Gromit in Project Zoo
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeWallace and Gromit in Project Zoo
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted; nothing adaptive to predict
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans harder on optimization: Route reading and dagger resource management solve each room
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.