head to head
Demetrios: The Big Cynical AdventurevsMicrosoft Minesweeper
Demetrios: The Big Cynical Adventure leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Demetrios: The Big Cynical AdventureMicrosoft Minesweeper
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on execution: Click speed only matters for leaderboard times
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on variance: Mine placement is hidden information forcing occasional pure guesses
Optimization5 vs 7
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on optimization: Constraint deduction from number clues is fully solvable logic
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.