head to head
vs
PsychonautsvsSonic Frontiers
Psychonauts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Frontiers leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
PsychonautsSonic Frontiers
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Psychonauts leans harder on execution: Platforming and psychic combat need moderate precision
Reads0 vs 1
Sonic Frontiers leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.