Building comparison
head to head
Half-Life 2vsUncharted 4: A Thief's End
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Half-Life 2
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Landmark FPS built on physics puzzles and tight gunplay.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Execution · Practiced Mastery
Cinematic treasure-hunting where set pieces outshine systems.
Half-Life 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-Life 2Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Half-Life 2 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Half-Life 2
Gravity gun and shooting demand precision.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Cover shooting and platforming reward timing.
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Half-Life 2
Combine AI scripted, non-adaptive.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Scripted enemy AI throughout.
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Half-Life 2
Almost no randomness.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Essentially no randomness.
Optimization3 vs 3
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Half-Life 2
Linear progression with no builds.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Few systems to optimize beyond difficulty.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.