head to head
vs
Her StoryvsSherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Her Story leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Her StorySherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Her Story leans harder on reads: Subject is recorded, not adaptive.
Variance5 vs 7
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans harder on variance: The case's clues are hidden information you must gather
Optimization7 vs 5
Her Story leans harder on optimization: Efficient search strategy reconstructs the case.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.