head to head
vs
Half-Life 2: Lost CoastvsPostal
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Postal leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2: Lost CoastPostal
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
Postal leans harder on variance: enemy spawn and pathing randomness
Optimization2 vs 3
Postal leans harder on optimization: weapon choice and route clearing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.