head to head
vs
CSI: Fatal ConspiracyvsTales of Monkey Island
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Tales of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
CSI: Fatal ConspiracyTales of Monkey Island
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking has no physical ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy leans harder on variance: Clues are hidden information until found
Optimization5 vs 5
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.