head to head
vs
Pokémon Café MixvsThe Last Guardian
Pokémon Café Mix leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Last Guardian leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Pokémon Café MixThe Last Guardian
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Pokémon Café Mix leans harder on execution: Tracing icon links cleanly matters slightly under move limits
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Pokémon Café Mix leans harder on variance: Board layouts and icon drops are random per attempt
Optimization5 vs 5
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.