head to head
vs
Mortal Kombat TrilogyvsPuyo Puyo SUN
Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Puyo Puyo SUN leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Mortal Kombat TrilogyPuyo Puyo SUN
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 3
Puyo Puyo SUN leans harder on variance: Puyo and Sun drops are random but bounded
Optimization5 vs 7
Puyo Puyo SUN leans harder on optimization: Chain architecture is deep, studied, near-solvable theory
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.