head to head
vs
South Park: The Fractured But WholevsZombie Night Terror
South Park: The Fractured But Whole leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Zombie Night Terror leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
South Park: The Fractured But WholeZombie Night Terror
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
South Park: The Fractured But Whole leans harder on variance: Minor roll spread; encounters are otherwise fixed
Optimization7 vs 8
Zombie Night Terror leans harder on optimization: Lemmings-style horde routing puzzles with exact solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.