head to head
vs
Half-Life 2vsSoldier of Fortune: Payback
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Soldier of Fortune: Payback leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Half-Life 2Soldier of Fortune: Payback
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Soldier of Fortune: Payback leans harder on reads: Multiplayer existed but campaign AI never adapts
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.