head to head
vs
Crysis 2vsSerious Sam: The Second Encounter
Crysis 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crysis 2Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
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
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans harder on optimization: Prioritising targets and managing arenas is solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.