head to head
vs
EldritchvsMuck
Eldritch leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Muck leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
EldritchMuck
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Eldritch leans harder on execution: First-person sneaking, jumping, and panic shooting
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 5
Eldritch leans harder on variance: Procedural levels and item luck reshape every run
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.