head to head
vs
Half-LifevsResident Evil Village
Half-Life leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil Village leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Half-LifeResident Evil Village
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Resident Evil Village leans harder on reads: Enemies and boss phases are scripted, no adaptive modelling
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Resident Evil Village leans harder on optimization: Merchant economy, weapon upgrades and area sequencing are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.