head to head
Curious Expedition 2vsMicrosoft Minesweeper
Curious Expedition 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Curious Expedition 2Microsoft Minesweeper
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on execution: Click speed only matters for leaderboard times
Reads1 vs 0
Curious Expedition 2 leans harder on reads: Encounters scripted/random, no adaptive opponent
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.