head to head
vs
Luminous ArcvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Luminous Arc leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Luminous ArcPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on execution: Action commands and stylish moves
Reads3 vs 2
Luminous Arc leans harder on reads: AI enemies are scripted; minor versus prediction exists
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.