head to head
vs
Bases LoadedvsTricky Towers
Bases Loaded leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tricky Towers leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Bases LoadedTricky Towers
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Tricky Towers leans harder on execution: Placing physics bricks fast under pressure is the core test
Reads3 vs 2
Bases Loaded leans harder on reads: Versus a human, pitch selection becomes a guessing duel
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.