head to head
vs
Super Mario 64vsThe Pirates of Dark Water
Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Pirates of Dark Water leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super Mario 64The Pirates of Dark Water
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Super Mario 64 leans harder on execution: Perfect analog inputs trivialise precise jumps, dives and wall-kicks
Reads0 vs 1
The Pirates of Dark Water leans harder on reads: Enemies mob in fixed patterns, never adapt
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.