head to head
Arise: A Simple StoryvsLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Arise: A Simple Story leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Arise: A Simple StoryLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Arise: A Simple Story leans harder on execution: Light platforming with forgiving time-control assists
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans harder on optimization: Completion routing, stud multipliers and unlock order
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

