head to head
vs
Guild Wars 2vsPuyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Guild Wars 2Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary leans harder on execution: Fast blob placement under pressure demands quick hands
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary leans harder on variance: Next-piece queue is random but bounded and visible
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.