head to head
vs
Black MesavsSonic Rivals
Black Mesa leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Rivals leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Black MesaSonic Rivals
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Sonic Rivals leans harder on reads: Rival AI races on rails; versus mode is shallow prediction
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.