head to head
vs
UndertalevsWe Love Katamari
Undertale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); We Love Katamari leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
UndertaleWe Love Katamari
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
We Love Katamari leans harder on execution: Dual-stick rolling control under time pressure.
Reads1 vs 0
Undertale leans harder on reads: NPCs follow fixed dialogue trees, not adaptive
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.