head to head
vs
Party HardvsPlatform 8
Party Hard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Platform 8 leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Party HardPlatform 8
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 1
Party Hard leans harder on execution: Walking and stabbing need timing but little dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Platform 8 leans harder on variance: Spotting which anomaly spawned is hidden-information detection
Optimization6 vs 5
Party Hard leans harder on optimization: Trap usage and isolation tactics converge to known strategies
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.