head to head
vs
Hexen IIvsHorizon Forbidden West
Hexen II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Horizon Forbidden West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Hexen IIHorizon Forbidden West
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Hexen II leans harder on execution: Quake-engine combat and movement
Reads0 vs 1
Horizon Forbidden West leans harder on reads: Machines remain scripted, not adaptive.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.