head to head
vs
Hogwarts LegacyvsPaper Mario: Color Splash
Hogwarts Legacy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Paper Mario: Color Splash leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Hogwarts LegacyPaper Mario: Color Splash
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Hogwarts Legacy leans harder on execution: Spell combos and dodges at forgiving difficulty
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Paper Mario: Color Splash leans harder on variance: Required Thing cards are unknown until discovered
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.