head to head
vs
Hiveswap: Act 1vsThe Sinking City
Hiveswap: Act 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Sinking City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Hiveswap: Act 1The Sinking City
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
The Sinking City leans harder on execution: Clunky combat is deliberately undemanding
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
The Sinking City leans harder on optimization: Cross-referencing evidence and city archives is the deduction core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.