head to head
vs
Beach Head 2002vsSerious Sam: The First Encounter
Beach Head 2002 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Beach Head 2002Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Beach Head 2002 leans harder on variance: Attack timing and approach vectors vary
Optimization4 vs 4
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.