head to head
vs
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorvsStronghold HD
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stronghold HD leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorStronghold HD
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Stronghold HD leans harder on reads: Multiplayer sieges reward predicting human attack angles
Variance3 vs 2
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on variance: Audience and badge effects
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.