head to head
vs
Fatal Frame III: The TormentedvsGothic
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Gothic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fatal Frame III: The TormentedGothic
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented leans harder on execution: Fatal Frame shutter timing rewards held-nerve precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented leans harder on variance: Ghost spawns and dream-house layout surprise first run
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.