head to head
vs
Half-Life 2vsTomb Raider (2013)
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2Tomb Raider (2013)
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Half-Life 2 leans harder on execution: Gravity gun and shooting demand precision.
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
Tomb Raider (2013) leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and skill picks straightforward.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.