head to head
vs
MeteosvsThe Evil Within
Meteos leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
MeteosThe Evil Within
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Meteos leans harder on reads: Versus modes exist; prediction matters little versus speed.
Variance4 vs 3
Meteos leans harder on variance: Random block rain drives every screen.
Optimization5 vs 7
The Evil Within leans harder on optimization: Upgrade tree, bottle routing and enemy-avoid sequencing are deeply optimisable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.