head to head
vs
PsychonautsvsShovel Knight
Psychonauts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
PsychonautsShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Shovel Knight leans harder on reads: Scripted boss patterns, not reads
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.