head to head
vs
Atomic HeartvsHalf-Life 2
Atomic Heart leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Atomic HeartHalf-Life 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Half-Life 2 leans harder on execution: Gravity gun and shooting demand precision.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Atomic Heart leans harder on optimization: Upgrades and weapon crafting 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.