head to head
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New FriendsvsTales from the Borderlands
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends leans Variance (Light / Casual); Tales from the Borderlands leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New FriendsTales from the Borderlands
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends leans harder on reads: Pets react cutely, not adaptively to strategy
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 1
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends leans harder on optimization: Light care routines, no real systems to solve
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

