head to head
vs
Crysis 2vsMarathon (1994)
Crysis 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marathon (1994) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crysis 2Marathon (1994)
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Crysis 2 leans harder on reads: Scripted Ceph and soldiers follow fixed patterns
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Marathon (1994) leans harder on optimization: Terminal-lore puzzle understanding and routing reward thorough study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.