head to head
vs
Adventure Island IIvsBlack Mesa
Adventure Island II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Black Mesa leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Adventure Island IIBlack Mesa
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Black Mesa leans harder on optimization: Route, resource, and encounter knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.