head to head
vs
Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimevsLumines Remastered
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Lumines Remastered leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimeLumines Remastered
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime leans harder on reads: No adaptive opponent - enemies follow scripted wave patterns
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 7
Lumines Remastered leans harder on optimization: chain-building strategy and block-clearing timing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.