head to head
vs
Children of the SunvsOrcs Must Die!
Children of the Sun leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Orcs Must Die! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Children of the SunOrcs Must Die!
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 4
Children of the Sun leans harder on execution: Steering the bullet mid-flight demands precise aim adjustments
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Orcs Must Die! leans harder on variance: Minor wave composition 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.