head to head
vs
Lone Survivor: The Director's CutvsPony Island
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pony Island leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Lone Survivor: The Director's CutPony Island
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut leans harder on variance: Scripted-but-unknown enemy encounters and item drops.
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.