head to head
vs
NEO: The World Ends with YouvsRed Dead Redemption
NEO: The World Ends with You leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
NEO: The World Ends with YouRed Dead Redemption
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
NEO: The World Ends with You leans harder on execution: Juggling multiple pin attacks simultaneously in real time
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
NEO: The World Ends with You leans harder on optimization: Pin synergies, food buffs, and drop-rate manipulation
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.