head to head
vs
Animal CrossingvsEverlasting Summer
Animal Crossing leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Everlasting Summer leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Animal CrossingEverlasting Summer
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.
Variance3 vs 2
Animal Crossing leans harder on variance: Random visitors, fossils, and villager moves
Optimization4 vs 3
Animal Crossing leans harder on optimization: Debt payoff and collection routing, gently
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.