head to head
vs
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorvsThe Lord of the Rings Online
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Lord of the Rings Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorThe Lord of the Rings Online
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
The Lord of the Rings Online leans harder on execution: Raid content has limited twitch demand versus action MMOs
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.