head to head
Poppy PlaytimevsSilent Hill 2
Poppy Playtime leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Silent Hill 2 leans Execution (Light / Casual).
Poppy PlaytimeSilent Hill 2
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Silent Hill 2 leans harder on reads: enemies scripted, not truly adaptive
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Poppy Playtime leans harder on optimization: Circuit puzzles have single fixed solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

