head to head
vs
Alan Wake 2vsAliens: Colonial Marines
Alan Wake 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Aliens: Colonial Marines leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alan Wake 2Aliens: Colonial Marines
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Alan Wake 2 leans harder on variance: Resource drops and mind-place clues vary.
Optimization4 vs 3
Alan Wake 2 leans harder on optimization: Sparse upgrades; mostly narrative gating.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.