head to head
vs
Resident Evil VillagevsSolomon's Key
Resident Evil Village leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Solomon's Key leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Resident Evil VillageSolomon's Key
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Resident Evil Village leans harder on reads: Enemies and boss phases are scripted, no adaptive modelling
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Solomon's Key leans harder on optimization: Each screen has plannable block-magic 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.