head to head
vs
EarthfallvsPostal 2
Earthfall leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Postal 2 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
EarthfallPostal 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Earthfall leans harder on reads: Alien spawns are directed randomness, not adaptive minds
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Earthfall leans harder on optimization: Holdout setups, barricades and team roles are learnable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.