head to head
vs
Super MetroidvsThe Last Faith
Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last Faith leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super MetroidThe Last Faith
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
The Last Faith leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted movesets, not adaptive
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Super Metroid leans harder on optimization: Sequence-breaking route optimisation is the enduring meta-game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.