head to head
vs
South Park: The Stick of TruthvsSummon Night: Swordcraft Story
South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Summon Night: Swordcraft Story leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
South Park: The Stick of TruthSummon Night: Swordcraft Story
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story leans harder on execution: Side-view real-time battles need modest timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story leans harder on optimization: Weapon crafting trees and break-targeting are the systems core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.