head to head
vs
Pipe DreamvsResident Evil Requiem
Pipe Dream leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil Requiem leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Pipe DreamResident Evil Requiem
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Pipe Dream leans harder on execution: Placing pipes fast ahead of the flowing water is the pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Pipe Dream leans harder on variance: The random piece queue forces constant replanning
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.