head to head
vs
BioShock 2vsHammerwatch
BioShock 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Hammerwatch leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BioShock 2Hammerwatch
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Hammerwatch leans harder on execution: Kiting hordes and dodging projectiles
Reads1 vs 0
BioShock 2 leans harder on reads: Splicer AI scripted, not adaptive.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.