head to head
vs
Half-Life 2vsStar Fox: Assault
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Star Fox: Assault leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2Star Fox: Assault
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Star Fox: Assault leans harder on reads: Versus mode adds light human prediction; campaign is scripted
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Star Fox: Assault leans harder on optimization: Scoring routes and boss patterns are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.