head to head
Microsoft MinesweepervsThe Eternal Cylinder
Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Eternal Cylinder leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Microsoft MinesweeperThe Eternal Cylinder
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
The Eternal Cylinder leans harder on execution: Fleeing the Cylinder needs only modest steering and timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.