head to head
vs
Dark Souls IIIvsMonster Hunter: World
Dark Souls III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Monster Hunter: World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dark Souls IIIMonster Hunter: World
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Dark Souls III leans harder on execution: fast roll timing against aggressive scripted bosses
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 3
Monster Hunter: World leans harder on variance: Decoration drops are notorious RNG
Optimization7 vs 8
Monster Hunter: World leans harder on optimization: Knowing the monster and building counters is the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.