head to head
vs
Shovel KnightvsSonic Adventure 2
Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Adventure 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Shovel KnightSonic Adventure 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Sonic Adventure 2 leans harder on variance: Some camera randomness
Optimization4 vs 5
Sonic Adventure 2 leans harder on optimization: A-rank routing and chao raising
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.