head to head
vs
Five Nights at Freddy's 4vsParty Hard
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Party Hard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Five Nights at Freddy's 4Party Hard
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 leans harder on execution: Reacting to breath audio cues within tight windows matters
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 5
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 leans harder on variance: Random animatronic positions stay hidden behind audio cues
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.