head to head
vs
Amnesia: RebirthvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Amnesia: Rebirth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Amnesia: RebirthPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on execution: Action commands and stylish moves
Reads1 vs 2
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.