head to head
vs
Enemy FrontvsHalf-Life
Enemy Front leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Half-Life leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Enemy FrontHalf-Life
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Half-Life leans harder on execution: Combat aim and infamous platforming sections
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Half-Life leans harder on optimization: Resource routing and encounter knowledge for speedruns
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.