head to head
vs
Nancy Drew: Midnight in SalemvsSyberia
Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Syberia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Nancy Drew: Midnight in SalemSyberia
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Syberia leans harder on execution: Walking and clicking; zero reflex demand
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem leans harder on variance: Hidden clues revealed by investigation, then mapped
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.