head to head
vs
OkamivsStarTropics
Okami leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); StarTropics leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
OkamiStarTropics
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
StarTropics leans harder on execution: Grid-locked jumping and yo-yo combat demand stiff precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
StarTropics leans harder on optimization: Dungeon routes and item puzzles have fixed solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.