head to head
vs
Cities in Motion 2vsOuter Wilds
Cities in Motion 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Outer Wilds leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cities in Motion 2Outer Wilds
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Outer Wilds leans harder on execution: Light piloting, mostly forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 9
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.