head to head
vs
Alan WakevsCriminal Case
Alan Wake leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Criminal Case leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Alan WakeCriminal Case
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Criminal Case leans harder on variance: Object placements are unknown per scene until memorised
Optimization4 vs 3
Alan Wake leans harder on optimization: Resource management and set encounters learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.