head to head
vs
Silent Hill: The Short MessagevsThe Wolf Among Us
Silent Hill: The Short Message leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Wolf Among Us leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Silent Hill: The Short MessageThe Wolf Among Us
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 5
The Wolf Among Us leans harder on optimization: Scene order and evidence collection allow minor optimisation of deduction paths
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.