head to head
vs
Defend Your CastlevsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth
Defend Your Castle leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Defend Your CastleSouth Park: The Stick of Truth
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Defend Your Castle leans harder on execution: Flicking enemies fast matters as waves intensify
Reads1 vs 0
Defend Your Castle leans harder on reads: Enemies follow scripted wave patterns
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.