head to head
vs
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsTomba!
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomba! leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsTomba!
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Tomba! leans harder on variance: First-run quest discovery hides some information
Optimization5 vs 6
Tomba! leans harder on optimization: Tracking 130 interlocking quests is the real 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.