head to head
vs
Murdered: Soul SuspectvsTime Hollow
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Time Hollow leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Murdered: Soul SuspectTime Hollow
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Time Hollow leans harder on optimization: Deducing where and when to open portals is fixed-solution puzzling
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.