head to head
vs
Pokemon Stadium 2vsTerraforming Mars
Pokemon Stadium 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Terraforming Mars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Pokemon Stadium 2Terraforming Mars
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Pokemon Stadium 2 leans harder on execution: Menu-driven turn battles; no physical demands
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 9
Terraforming Mars leans harder on optimization: Income engines and VP efficiency are the whole game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.