head to head
vs
Half-Life: AlyxvsWolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Half-Life: Alyx leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Half-Life: AlyxWolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Half-Life: Alyx leans harder on variance: Resource and encounter variance light.
Optimization3 vs 4
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and contraptions modest.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.