head to head
vs
Star Ocean: The Second StoryvsZenless Zone Zero
Star Ocean: The Second Story leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Zenless Zone Zero leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Star Ocean: The Second StoryZenless Zone Zero
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Star Ocean: The Second Story leans harder on optimization: Item creation exploitation and battle skills break the game when mastered
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.