head to head
vs
Hexen: Beyond HereticvsHotline Miami
Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Hotline Miami leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hexen: Beyond HereticHotline Miami
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Hotline Miami leans harder on execution: One-hit-death rooms demand flawless fast inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans harder on variance: Puzzle item placement and key locations are opaque until found
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.