head to head
vs
A Vampyre StoryvsTales of Monkey Island
A Vampyre Story leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Tales of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
A Vampyre StoryTales of Monkey Island
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
A Vampyre Story leans harder on execution: Clicking hotspots requires nothing physical
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Tales of Monkey Island leans harder on optimization: Episodic inventory puzzles each have one intended solution.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.