head to head
vs
Project Kat: Paper Lily ProloguevsThe Last Guardian
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Last Guardian leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Project Kat: Paper Lily PrologueThe Last Guardian
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
The Last Guardian leans harder on execution: Slow climbing and platforming, very forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue leans harder on variance: Hidden rules and alternate solutions are the hook until discovered
Optimization5 vs 5
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.