head to head
vs
100 Christmas CatsvsTales from the Borderlands
100 Christmas Cats leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Tales from the Borderlands leans Variance (Light / Casual).
100 Christmas CatsTales from the Borderlands
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 2
100 Christmas Cats leans harder on variance: Hidden cat placements are the only unknown
Optimization2 vs 1
100 Christmas Cats leans harder on optimization: Patient scanning is the lone technique
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.