head to head
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsMother
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mother leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsMother
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
Mother leans harder on variance: Random encounters and crits swing grinding sessions
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.

