head to head
vs
Defend Your CastlevsOverlord
Defend Your Castle leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Overlord leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Defend Your CastleOverlord
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Defend Your Castle leans harder on variance: Enemy spawns randomized but bounded
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.