head to head
vs
A Game About Digging A HolevsObservation
A Game About Digging A Hole leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Observation leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
A Game About Digging A HoleObservation
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Observation leans harder on execution: Camera control and interface manipulation
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
A Game About Digging A Hole leans harder on optimization: Upgrade-loop economics and dig routing are the whole game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.