head to head
vs
Gothic IIvsHalf-Minute Hero
Gothic II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Half-Minute Hero leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Gothic IIHalf-Minute Hero
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Half-Minute Hero leans harder on execution: Frantic movement inside thirty-second timers
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Gothic II leans harder on variance: First-run surprises until the island is mapped
Optimization8 vs 8
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.