head to head
vs
Ancestors: The Humankind OdysseyvsBaldur's Gate
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Baldur's Gate leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Ancestors: The Humankind OdysseyBaldur's Gate
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey leans harder on execution: Climbing and dodge timing are forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Baldur's Gate leans harder on optimization: Party builds and encounter prep solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.