head to head
vs
Mario PaintvsVirginia
Mario Paint leans Execution (Light / Casual); Virginia leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Mario PaintVirginia
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Mario Paint leans harder on execution: Mouse doodling and the fly-swat minigame
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Virginia leans harder on variance: Story beats are fixed, only interpretation varies
Optimization1 vs 1
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.