head to head
vs
Tales of Monkey IslandvsWindosill
Tales of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Windosill leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Tales of Monkey IslandWindosill
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Windosill leans harder on execution: Dragging toys around has no skill ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Windosill leans harder on variance: Each room's mechanism is hidden until poked
Optimization5 vs 5
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.