head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationvsYakuza Kiwami
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Yakuza Kiwami leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationYakuza Kiwami
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Yakuza Kiwami leans harder on execution: Brawling combos and dodges are forgiving but present.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans harder on variance: Light patrol and notoriety randomness
Optimization6 vs 6
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.