head to head
vs
Beijing 2008vsHalf-Life 2
Beijing 2008 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Beijing 2008Half-Life 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Beijing 2008 leans harder on execution: Button-mash speed and timing windows decide every event
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 3
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.