head to head
vs
Paper Lily: Chapter 1vsThe Sinking City
Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Sinking City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Paper Lily: Chapter 1The Sinking City
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans harder on variance: Unknown puzzle solutions and surprises until the route is learned
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.