head to head
vs
A Way OutvsOrion: Prelude
A Way Out leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Orion: Prelude leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
A Way OutOrion: Prelude
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Orion: Prelude leans harder on execution: Aim against dinosaur hordes is the core demand
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Orion: Prelude leans harder on variance: Wave composition and spawns add run-to-run noise
Optimization4 vs 4
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.