head to head
vs
Monster Hunter: WorldvsPhantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
Monster Hunter: World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Monster Hunter: WorldPhantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans harder on variance: Augment fodder and multi-weapon RNG are core progression hooks
Optimization8 vs 7
Monster Hunter: World leans harder on optimization: Knowing the monster and building counters is the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.