head to head
vs
Hitman: AbsolutionvsWe Love Katamari
Hitman: Absolution leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); We Love Katamari leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Hitman: AbsolutionWe Love Katamari
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
We Love Katamari leans harder on execution: Dual-stick rolling control under time pressure.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Hitman: Absolution leans harder on variance: Disguise suspicion feels fuzzy until learned
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.