head to head
vs
Heavy RainvsShelter 2
Heavy Rain leans Execution (Light / Casual); Shelter 2 leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Heavy RainShelter 2
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Heavy Rain leans harder on execution: QTE prompts under tension
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Shelter 2 leans harder on variance: Prey spawns and seasons vary each playthrough
Optimization3 vs 3
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.