head to head
vs
The World Ends with YouvsX-Morph: Defense
The World Ends with You leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); X-Morph: Defense leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
The World Ends with YouX-Morph: Defense
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.
Variance2 vs 1
The World Ends with You leans harder on variance: Pin drops random until rates are known
Optimization6 vs 7
X-Morph: Defense leans harder on optimization: Tower placement and maze routing decide whether waves break
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.