head to head
vs
Night in the WoodsvsThirsty Suitors
Night in the Woods leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Thirsty Suitors leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Night in the WoodsThirsty Suitors
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Thirsty Suitors leans harder on execution: Timing prompts in battles and skating are forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.