head to head
vs
Psychonauts 2vsTrine 2
Psychonauts 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Trine 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Psychonauts 2Trine 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Psychonauts 2 leans harder on execution: Moderate platforming and combat timing, forgiving by design
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
Trine 2 leans harder on optimization: Hero-swap puzzle solving is the central test
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.