head to head
vs
Fatal FramevsSilent Hill 2 (2001)
Fatal Frame leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fatal FrameSilent Hill 2 (2001)
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Fatal Frame leans harder on execution: Camera framing and shutter timing on ghosts
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Fatal Frame leans harder on variance: Ghost appearances feel unpredictable until learned
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.