head to head
vs
A Game About Digging A HolevsAnimal Crossing: New Horizons
A Game About Digging A Hole leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
A Game About Digging A HoleAnimal Crossing: New Horizons
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.
Variance2 vs 3
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans harder on variance: Daily visitors and fossils randomize.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.