head to head
Paper Mario: The Origami KingvsUndertale
Paper Mario: The Origami King leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Undertale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Paper Mario: The Origami KingUndertale
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Undertale leans harder on execution: Bullet-hell dodging in scripted patterns
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Paper Mario: The Origami King leans harder on variance: Limited puzzle randomness
Optimization7 vs 7
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.

