head to head
vs
Papers, PleasevsResident Evil Archives: Resident Evil
Papers, Please leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Papers, PleaseResident Evil Archives: Resident Evil
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans harder on execution: Tank-control aiming and dodge spacing punish sloppiness
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Papers, Please leans harder on variance: Random entrant documents and scripted-event surprises
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.