head to head
vs
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsPolice Simulator: Patrol Officers
Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Police Simulator: Patrol Officers leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsPolice Simulator: Patrol Officers
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers leans harder on execution: Walking the beat and traffic stops need minimal dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers leans harder on variance: Which stop turns into an incident is randomised
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.