head to head
vs
Escape Dead IslandvsHuman: Fall Flat
Escape Dead Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Human: Fall Flat leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Escape Dead IslandHuman: Fall Flat
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Escape Dead Island leans harder on variance: Unreliable-narrator twists hide story, not mechanics
Optimization4 vs 5
Human: Fall Flat leans harder on optimization: Puzzle solutions and shortcut discovery
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.