head to head
vs
Half-Life 2vsMedal of Honor: Vanguard
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Medal of Honor: Vanguard leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2Medal of Honor: Vanguard
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Medal of Honor: Vanguard leans harder on variance: Enemy placements are scripted-but-unknown only on the first run
Optimization3 vs 4
Medal of Honor: Vanguard leans harder on optimization: Learning spawn points and weapon pickups smooths each level
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.