head to head
vs
Alan WakevsHeavy Rain
Alan Wake leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Heavy Rain leans Execution (Light / Casual).
Alan WakeHeavy Rain
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Alan Wake leans harder on execution: Flashlight-then-shoot timing and dodges
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.