head to head
vs
Hong Kong 97vsSleeping Dogs
Hong Kong 97 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Sleeping Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hong Kong 97Sleeping Dogs
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Sleeping Dogs leans harder on execution: brawling and driving need timing/aim
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Hong Kong 97 leans harder on variance: Spawn patterns have slight randomness
Optimization1 vs 3
Sleeping Dogs leans harder on optimization: upgrade paths and mission routes solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.