head to head
vs
BastionvsStar Ocean: Till the End of Time
Bastion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Ocean: Till the End of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
BastionStar Ocean: Till the End of Time
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time leans harder on optimization: Battle skills, invention system, and builds enable trivializing combos.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.