head to head
vs
Rayman OriginsvsShovel Knight
Rayman Origins leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Rayman OriginsShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Rayman Origins leans harder on execution: Fluid run-jump-glide chains
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.