head to head
vs
LEGO The HobbitvsWadanohara and the Great Blue Sea
LEGO The Hobbit leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
LEGO The HobbitWadanohara and the Great Blue Sea
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
LEGO The Hobbit leans harder on execution: Forgiving combat and platforming aimed at families
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
LEGO The Hobbit leans harder on optimization: Character-ability routing for collectibles is the core puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.