head to head
vs
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomvsWhere's My Water?
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Where's My Water? leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomWhere's My Water?
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leans harder on execution: Combat and traversal need modest timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 8
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.