head to head
vs
Puzzle Quest 2vsTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
Puzzle Quest 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Puzzle Quest 2Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Puzzle Quest 2 leans harder on reads: AI opponents follow greedy heuristics; rare human matches add little
Variance6 vs 5
Puzzle Quest 2 leans harder on variance: Random gem drops swing individual battles hard
Optimization7 vs 7
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.