head to head
vs
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CursevsThe Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CurseThe Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
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 4
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery leans harder on variance: Lycanthropy mystery conceals the truth until investigated.
Optimization5 vs 6
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery leans harder on optimization: Dual-protagonist investigation is a fixed solvable sequence.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.