head to head
vs
Summer of '58vsTales from the Borderlands
Summer of '58 leans Variance (Light / Casual); Tales from the Borderlands leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Summer of '58Tales from the Borderlands
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Summer of '58 leans harder on variance: First-playthrough scares are unknown, then fully mapped
Optimization2 vs 1
Summer of '58 leans harder on optimization: A linear path with minimal puzzle layer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.