head to head
vs
8 EyesvsBlack Mesa
8 Eyes leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Black Mesa leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
8 EyesBlack Mesa
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
8 Eyes leans harder on execution: Stiff jumps and tight boss duels punish loose inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.