head to head
vs
Catherine: Full BodyvsElite Dangerous
Catherine: Full Body leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Elite Dangerous leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Catherine: Full BodyElite Dangerous
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Elite Dangerous leans harder on variance: Procedural galaxy, mission variance
Optimization7 vs 8
Elite Dangerous leans harder on optimization: Ship build, trade routes, engineering grind
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.