head to head
vs
Osiris: New DawnvsThe Sinking City
Osiris: New Dawn leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Sinking City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Osiris: New DawnThe Sinking City
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Osiris: New Dawn leans harder on execution: Shooting hostile fauna with modest aim demands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Osiris: New Dawn leans harder on variance: Storms and unexplored terrain create real unknowns
Optimization6 vs 6
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.