head to head
vs
Fatal Frame II: Crimson ButterflyvsMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Fatal Frame II: Crimson ButterflyMetal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans harder on variance: Ghost randomness in free-roam sections adds unknown-timing variance
Optimization6 vs 7
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans harder on optimization: Chokepoint memorisation and radar manipulation are learnable and repeatable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.