head to head
vs
DarkwoodvsShadows of Doubt
Darkwood leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Shadows of Doubt leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
DarkwoodShadows of Doubt
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Darkwood leans harder on execution: night-defense reflexes under limited vision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 8
Shadows of Doubt leans harder on variance: Seeing the killer's identity instantly solves every case
Optimization6 vs 6
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.