head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Action-RPG combat where the panel-grid loadout puzzle matters more than reflexes.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
A gentle turn-based system easily solved by build and gear choices.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Real-time keyblade combat with modest timing demands
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Timed attack and block prompts add light input demands
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Heartless and bosses run fixed patterns
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Enemies follow fixed turn-based scripts
South Park: The Stick of Truth leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Loot drops add minor randomness to gearing
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Minor damage rolls; encounters are otherwise fixed
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
The panel grid system rewards careful build planning
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Build, gear and ability choices comfortably solve every fight
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.