head to head
vs
Death StrandingvsYo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits
Death Stranding leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Death StrandingYo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Death Stranding leans harder on execution: Balance and traversal inputs, modest demands.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits leans harder on variance: Befriend rates and crank-a-kai are pure RNG
Optimization7 vs 7
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.