head to head
vs
Police Quest II: The VengeancevsThe Curse of Monkey Island
Police Quest II: The Vengeance leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Police Quest II: The VengeanceThe Curse of Monkey Island
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Police Quest II: The Vengeance leans harder on execution: Typing and clicking, with rare trivial action bits
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Police Quest II: The Vengeance leans harder on optimization: Following exact police procedure is the literal win condition
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.