head to head
vs
Nova DriftvsParty Hard
Nova Drift leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Party Hard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Nova DriftParty Hard
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 3
Nova Drift leans harder on execution: Asteroids-style drift piloting under swarm pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Party Hard leans harder on variance: Random traps, events and witness behaviour vary each level
Optimization7 vs 6
Nova Drift leans harder on optimization: Deep mod-tree builds dominate outcomes
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.