head to head
vs
Resident Evil VillagevsSolstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos
Resident Evil Village leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Resident Evil VillageSolstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Resident Evil Village leans harder on reads: Enemies and boss phases are scripted, no adaptive modelling
Variance2 vs 1
Resident Evil Village leans harder on variance: Minor crafting-drop variance; encounters are mostly fixed
Optimization7 vs 7
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.