head to head
vs
Valiant Hearts: The Great WarvsZen Bound 2
Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Zen Bound 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Valiant Hearts: The Great WarZen Bound 2
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Zen Bound 2 leans harder on execution: gentle rope-wrapping motion control
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.