head to head
vs
Orcs Must Die!vsStar Fox Guard
Orcs Must Die! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Fox Guard leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Orcs Must Die!Star Fox Guard
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Star Fox Guard leans harder on execution: Snapping between camera feeds to shoot robots needs quick hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Orcs Must Die! leans harder on optimization: Trap placement and kill-corridor economics are the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.