head to head
vs
Hitman: Blood MoneyvsNo Man's Sky
Hitman: Blood Money leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); No Man's Sky leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Hitman: Blood MoneyNo Man's Sky
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
No Man's Sky leans harder on variance: Procedural planets and loot
Optimization9 vs 8
Hitman: Blood Money leans harder on optimization: Accident-kill routing is a near-solvable planning puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.