head to head
vs
Digimon WorldvsTainted Grail: Conquest
Digimon World leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Tainted Grail: Conquest leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Digimon WorldTainted Grail: Conquest
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Digimon World leans harder on execution: Light real-time battle nudging and timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 7
Tainted Grail: Conquest leans harder on variance: Card pool randomness and branching story events create run diversity
Optimization8 vs 8
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.