head to head
vs
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsDoodle God
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Doodle God leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsDoodle God
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 5
Doodle God leans harder on variance: Valid recipes are hidden until guessed or brute-forced
Optimization6 vs 5
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans harder on optimization: Turnips, layout, and time-routing reward planning.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.