head to head
vs
Crazy Machines 3vsSimCity 4
Crazy Machines 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); SimCity 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Crazy Machines 3SimCity 4
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Crazy Machines 3 leans harder on execution: Placing parts has no twitch component
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
SimCity 4 leans harder on variance: Neighbor city interactions and demand curves add unpredictability
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.