head to head
vs
Super Mario GalaxyvsVirtual Bart
Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Virtual Bart leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Mario GalaxyVirtual Bart
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Virtual Bart leans harder on variance: The wheel picks stage order randomly, nothing more
Optimization4 vs 3
Super Mario Galaxy leans harder on optimization: Star routes and comet challenges reward learned solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.