head to head
vs
Hexen: Beyond HereticvsLuxor 3
Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Luxor 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hexen: Beyond HereticLuxor 3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Luxor 3 leans harder on variance: Sphere color sequences add randomness
Optimization6 vs 5
Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans harder on optimization: Hub-world puzzle routing and class selection form a solvable structure
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.