head to head
vs
Animal Crossing: New LeafvsDate Everything!
Animal Crossing: New Leaf leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Date Everything! leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Animal Crossing: New LeafDate Everything!
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Date Everything! leans harder on variance: Which object hides which character arc is unknown until tried
Optimization3 vs 3
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.