head to head
vs
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsLoaded Lions: Mane City
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Loaded Lions: Mane City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsLoaded Lions: Mane City
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 2
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans harder on variance: Daily visitors and fossils randomize.
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.