head to head
vs
Echo Night: BeyondvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Echo Night: Beyond leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Echo Night: BeyondThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Echo Night: Beyond leans harder on execution: Slow first-person walking with no combat demands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Echo Night: Beyond leans harder on variance: Ghost locations and puzzle solutions are hidden until discovered
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.