head to head
vs
Hiveswap: Act 1vsMurdered: Soul Suspect
Hiveswap: Act 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Hiveswap: Act 1Murdered: Soul Suspect
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Hiveswap: Act 1 leans harder on optimization: A walkthrough solves every puzzle - the game is fully solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.