head to head
vs
Caravan SandWitchvsValiant Hearts: The Great War
Caravan SandWitch leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Caravan SandWitchValiant Hearts: The Great War
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Caravan SandWitch leans harder on execution: No fail-state exploration asks almost nothing of the hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Caravan SandWitch leans harder on variance: The map is scripted-but-unknown until driven
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.