head to head
vs
Silent Hill: The Short MessagevsSOMA
Silent Hill: The Short Message leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); SOMA leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Silent Hill: The Short MessageSOMA
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Silent Hill: The Short Message leans harder on variance: Story beats are unknown on a first run only
Optimization4 vs 3
Silent Hill: The Short Message leans harder on optimization: Chase routes and puzzle answers are fixed and learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.