head to head
vs
Hong Kong 97vsNever Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna
Hong Kong 97 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hong Kong 97Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Hong Kong 97 leans harder on variance: Spawn patterns have slight randomness
Optimization1 vs 2
Never Alone: Kisima Ingitchuna leans harder on optimization: puzzle solutions are lightly 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.