head to head
vs
Box Boy! + Box Girl!vsChild of Light
Box Boy! + Box Girl! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Child of Light leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Box Boy! + Box Girl!Child of Light
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Box Boy! + Box Girl! leans harder on execution: Light platforming inputs; the hard part is upstream
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Child of Light leans harder on variance: Minor drop randomness
Optimization8 vs 8
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.