head to head
vs
Beyond: Two SoulsvsThe Artful Escape
Beyond: Two Souls leans Execution (Light / Casual); The Artful Escape leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Beyond: Two SoulsThe Artful Escape
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Beyond: Two Souls leans harder on execution: QTE prompts with forgiving failure states
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Beyond: Two Souls leans harder on variance: Branching outcomes surprise first playthrough
Optimization2 vs 2
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.