head to head
vs
Half-Life 2vsStranglehold
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Stranglehold leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2Stranglehold
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 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Stranglehold leans harder on optimization: Style-point economy and Tequila Time management 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.