head to head
vs
A Bird StoryvsPokémon Bank
A Bird Story leans Execution (Light / Casual); Pokémon Bank leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
A Bird StoryPokémon Bank
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
A Bird Story leans harder on execution: Walking through scenes is the only input
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 0
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization1 vs 1
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.