head to head
vs
Half-Life 2vsHomefront
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Homefront leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Half-Life 2Homefront
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Homefront leans harder on reads: Multiplayer adds some human prediction
Variance1 vs 2
Homefront leans harder on variance: Scripted setpieces, little randomness
Optimization3 vs 3
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.