head to head
vs
Insaniquarium! DeluxevsRed Dead Redemption
Insaniquarium! Deluxe leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Insaniquarium! DeluxeRed Dead Redemption
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Red Dead Redemption leans harder on execution: Dead Eye softens but gunplay still wants aim
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Insaniquarium! Deluxe leans harder on variance: alien attacks and fish spawns randomized
Optimization5 vs 5
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.