head to head
HostagesvsManhunt
Hostages leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Manhunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
HostagesManhunt
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Hostages leans harder on execution: aiming precision under time pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Manhunt leans harder on optimization: Shadow routes and lure tactics are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

