head to head
vs
Call of Juarez: Bound In BloodvsHalf-Life 2
Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Juarez: Bound In BloodHalf-Life 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood leans harder on variance: Encounter layouts are unknown on first run, then fixed
Optimization4 vs 3
Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood leans harder on optimization: Cover routes and concentration-mode usage are learnable patterns
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.