head to head
vs
Alan Wake 2vsKane & Lynch: Dead Men
Alan Wake 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Kane & Lynch: Dead Men leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alan Wake 2Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men leans harder on execution: Cover shooting accuracy under pressure
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.