head to head
vs
Serious Sam: The First EncountervsTempest 2000
Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tempest 2000 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Serious Sam: The First EncounterTempest 2000
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Tempest 2000 leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs would clear every web at any speed
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans harder on optimization: Enemy priority and positioning strategy are learnable but shallow
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.