head to head
Microsoft MinesweepervsPacify
Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pacify leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Microsoft MinesweeperPacify
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 7
Pacify leans harder on variance: Randomised key and doll locations make every run uncertain
Optimization7 vs 6
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on optimization: Constraint deduction from number clues is fully solvable logic
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.