head to head
Nier: AutomatavsTouhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story
Nier: Automata leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Nier: AutomataTouhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Touhou Gensoukyou: Lotus Land Story leans harder on execution: Pixel-precise grazing through dense bullet patterns
Reads1 vs 0
Nier: Automata leans harder on reads: Enemies follow scripted patterns; no adaptive opponent
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

