head to head
vs
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete SagavsLifeless Planet: Premier Edition
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete SagaLifeless Planet: Premier Edition
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans harder on execution: Simple combat and jumps, death barely punished
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition leans harder on variance: The story's secrets are hidden only on first play
Optimization5 vs 5
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.