head to head
vs
KholatvsTomodachi Life
Kholat leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Tomodachi Life leans Variance (Pure Chaos).
KholatTomodachi Life
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Kholat leans harder on execution: Walking the mountain takes no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Tomodachi Life leans harder on variance: Random events and relationships drive everything
Optimization4 vs 2
Kholat leans harder on optimization: Landmark navigation and route memory converge with repetition
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.