head to head
vs
Psychonauts 2vsThe Adventures of Shuggy
Psychonauts 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Adventures of Shuggy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Psychonauts 2The Adventures of Shuggy
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
The Adventures of Shuggy leans harder on optimization: Each gimmick room is a solvable logic-and-route puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.