head to head
vs
Star Wars Episode I: RacervsSuper Meat Boy
Star Wars Episode I: Racer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Meat Boy leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Star Wars Episode I: RacerSuper Meat Boy
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Super Meat Boy leans harder on execution: Pure twitch platforming, frame-perfect jumps
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Star Wars Episode I: Racer leans harder on optimization: Pod part upgrades and track memorization converge quickly.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.