head to head
vs
Thief II: The Metal AgevsXenoblade Chronicles 2
Thief II: The Metal Age leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Xenoblade Chronicles 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Thief II: The Metal AgeXenoblade Chronicles 2
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 leans harder on variance: Blade gacha and crit rolls
Optimization9 vs 8
Thief II: The Metal Age leans harder on optimization: Loot routing and tool economy are fully optimisable once learned
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.