head to head
vs
Game Dev TycoonvsGangsters 2: Vendetta
Game Dev Tycoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Gangsters 2: Vendetta leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Game Dev TycoonGangsters 2: Vendetta
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Gangsters 2: Vendetta leans harder on execution: Orders are issued by mouse, not hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Game Dev Tycoon leans harder on optimization: Genre-topic-audience matching and R&D investment are learnable formulas
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.