head to head
vs
Half-LifevsQuake II RTX
Half-Life leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Quake II RTX leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Half-LifeQuake II RTX
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Quake II RTX leans harder on execution: Classic Quake aim and strafe movement still set the ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Half-Life leans harder on variance: Set pieces surprise only on first run
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.