head to head
vs
Half-Life 2: Lost CoastvsOutlast 2
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Outlast 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2: Lost CoastOutlast 2
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Outlast 2 leans harder on variance: Some encounter variability.
Optimization2 vs 3
Outlast 2 leans harder on optimization: Route memorization aids survival.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.