head to head
vs
A Plague Tale: InnocencevsTormented Souls II
A Plague Tale: Innocence leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tormented Souls II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
A Plague Tale: InnocenceTormented Souls II
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Tormented Souls II leans harder on reads: Fixed monster behavior, not adaptive to player.
Variance2 vs 3
Tormented Souls II leans harder on variance: Scripted-but-unknown enemy encounters and item placement.
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.