head to head
vs
Monster Hunter: WorldvsTales of Symphonia
Monster Hunter: World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tales of Symphonia leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Monster Hunter: WorldTales of Symphonia
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Monster Hunter: World leans harder on reads: Monsters are learnable scripts, never adaptive
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.