head to head
vs
Gone HomevsOff-Peak
Gone Home leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Off-Peak leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Gone HomeOff-Peak
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Off-Peak leans harder on variance: The strange space is unknown only until wandered once
Optimization2 vs 1
Gone Home leans harder on optimization: Order of discovery hardly matters.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.