head to head
vs
Phantasy Star Online 2: New GenesisvsThe Evil Within 2
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Phantasy Star Online 2: New GenesisThe Evil Within 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans harder on execution: Perfect attacks, dodge timing, and weapon action cancels define DPS
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans harder on variance: Augment fodder and multi-weapon RNG are core progression hooks
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.