head to head
vs
Criminal CasevsHeavy Rain
Criminal Case leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Heavy Rain leans Execution (Light / Casual).
Criminal CaseHeavy Rain
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Criminal Case leans harder on execution: Spotting objects quickly under a timer is the whole test
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Criminal Case leans harder on variance: Object placements are unknown per scene until memorised
Optimization3 vs 3
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.