head to head
Microsoft MinesweepervsPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Microsoft MinesweeperPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on execution: Click speed only matters for leaderboard times
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.