head to head
vs
Hollow KnightvsThe New Tetris
Hollow Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The New Tetris leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hollow KnightThe New Tetris
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
The New Tetris leans harder on variance: Piece bag is random but bounded and mappable
Optimization6 vs 6
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.