head to head
vs
Kirby: Triple DeluxevsSpiritfarer
Kirby: Triple Deluxe leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Spiritfarer leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Kirby: Triple DeluxeSpiritfarer
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Kirby: Triple Deluxe leans harder on execution: Easy main game, modest arena challenges
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Spiritfarer leans harder on optimization: Boat layout and crafting loops reward planning.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.