head to head
Criminal CasevsPostal
Criminal Case leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Postal leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Criminal CasePostal
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
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.

