head to head
vs
A Plague Tale: RequiemvsShenmue III
A Plague Tale: Requiem leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shenmue III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
A Plague Tale: RequiemShenmue III
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
A Plague Tale: Requiem leans harder on execution: Stealth, aim, and crafting under pressure.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
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.