head to head
PegglevsSherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Peggle leans Variance (Pure Chaos); Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
PeggleSherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 0
Peggle leans harder on execution: Aiming the launcher is gentle
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance7 vs 7
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans harder on optimization: Deduction quizzes are solvable once evidence is assembled
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

