head to head
vs
A Plague Tale: RequiemvsMetro: Last Light Redux
A Plague Tale: Requiem leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metro: Last Light Redux leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
A Plague Tale: RequiemMetro: Last Light Redux
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Metro: Last Light Redux leans harder on execution: aim and stealth timing matter
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Metro: Last Light Redux leans harder on variance: resource scarcity and encounters random
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.