head to head
vs
Puyo Puyo Fever 2vsThe Evil Within
Puyo Puyo Fever 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Puyo Puyo Fever 2The Evil Within
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Puyo Puyo Fever 2 leans harder on execution: Fast chaining under accelerating speed is the lead axis
Reads3 vs 1
Puyo Puyo Fever 2 leans harder on reads: Versus human play adds light prediction of attacks
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
The Evil Within leans harder on optimization: Upgrade tree, bottle routing and enemy-avoid sequencing are deeply optimisable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.