head to head
vs
Half-Life 2: Lost CoastvsPostal III
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Postal III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2: Lost CoastPostal III
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 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 3
Postal III leans harder on optimization: Little system depth beyond choosing weapons for set pieces
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.