head to head
vs
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimevsWe Love Katamari
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); We Love Katamari leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeWe Love Katamari
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
We Love Katamari leans harder on optimization: Size-growth routing is the score-attack core.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.