head to head
Amnesia: MemoriesvsTales from the Borderlands
Amnesia: Memories leans Variance (Light / Casual); Tales from the Borderlands leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Amnesia: MemoriesTales from the Borderlands
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Tales from the Borderlands leans harder on execution: Occasional QTEs are the only physical demand
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization1 vs 1
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.

