head to head
vs
Half-LifevsTomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Half-Life leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Half-LifeTomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Half-Life leans harder on execution: Combat aim and infamous platforming sections
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation leans harder on optimization: Hub-style backtracking makes routing the core puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.