head to head
vs
Quadrilateral CowboyvsThe Longest Journey
Quadrilateral Cowboy leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Longest Journey leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Quadrilateral CowboyThe Longest Journey
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Quadrilateral Cowboy leans harder on execution: Light real-time coordination of gadgets
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
The Longest Journey leans harder on variance: Linear world states with essentially no hidden randomness
Optimization8 vs 8
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.