head to head
vs
Black MesavsDemolition Man
Black Mesa leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Demolition Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Black MesaDemolition Man
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Demolition Man leans harder on execution: Run-and-gun waves punish slow trigger fingers
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Black Mesa leans harder on optimization: Route, resource, and encounter knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.