head to head
vs
Blake Stone: Aliens of GoldvsSleeping Dogs
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sleeping Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Blake Stone: Aliens of GoldSleeping Dogs
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold leans harder on execution: aim and movement in early FPS combat
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold leans harder on variance: some randomized enemy placement
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.