head to head
vs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GamevsZeno Clash II
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zeno Clash II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameZeno Clash II
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 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game leans harder on optimization: Learning safe spots and boss patterns is the progression
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.