head to head
vs
Sonic ManiavsSundered: Eldritch Edition
Sonic Mania leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sundered: Eldritch Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Sonic ManiaSundered: Eldritch Edition
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Sundered: Eldritch Edition leans harder on variance: procedural level layouts and item rolls
Optimization5 vs 6
Sundered: Eldritch Edition leans harder on optimization: skill tree corruption choices, build paths
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.