head to head
vs
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsDiscworld Noir
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Discworld Noir leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsDiscworld Noir
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans harder on execution: Trivial inputs.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Discworld Noir leans harder on variance: Clue-notebook mystery hides connections until found.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.