head to head
vs
Clock Tower 3vsDREDGE
Clock Tower 3 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Clock Tower 3DREDGE
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Clock Tower 3 leans harder on execution: Evasion timing and the panic meter punish clumsy hands lightly
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Clock Tower 3 leans harder on variance: Stalker ambush points are unknown information until experienced
Optimization6 vs 6
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.