head to head
vs
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete SagavsSouth of Midnight
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); South of Midnight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete SagaSouth of Midnight
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
South of Midnight leans harder on execution: Weaving combat and platforming need only moderate timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans harder on optimization: Completion routing, stud multipliers and unlock order
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.