head to head
vs
Persona 4vsPixel Piracy
Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pixel Piracy leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Persona 4Pixel Piracy
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Pixel Piracy leans harder on variance: Procedural seas and events vary every voyage
Optimization8 vs 7
Persona 4 leans harder on optimization: Social link scheduling and weakness-exploit planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.