head to head
vs
Citizen SleepervsEsoteric Ebb
Citizen Sleeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Esoteric Ebb leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Citizen SleeperEsoteric Ebb
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Citizen Sleeper leans harder on reads: NPCs follow branching scripts.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Citizen Sleeper leans harder on optimization: Action allocation and clock management dominate.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.