head to head
vs
Half-Minute HerovsPrey (2017)
Half-Minute Hero leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Prey (2017) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Half-Minute HeroPrey (2017)
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Half-Minute Hero leans harder on execution: Frantic movement inside thirty-second timers
Reads0 vs 1
Prey (2017) leans harder on reads: Typhon AI scripted, not adaptive.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.