head to head
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsBeholder
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Beholder leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsBeholder
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Beholder leans harder on variance: Tenant events and directives surprise first runs
Optimization6 vs 7
Beholder leans harder on optimization: Money, time, and blackmail decision routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

