head to head
Sniper Elite V2 asks more than Manhunt, and the gap is execution.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
Grim stealth horror about luring scripted hunters into executions.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Patient ballistic aiming wrapped in plannable stealth positioning.
Manhunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Sniper Elite V2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Sniper Elite V2 leans clearly harder on execution.
Manhunt
Stealth timing on executions
Sniper Elite V2
Ballistics-compensated long shots demand steady precise aim
Sniper Elite V2 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Manhunt
Hunters patrol on scripts
Sniper Elite V2
Enemy AI runs fixed alert routines
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Manhunt
Patrol noise reactions add small unpredictability
Sniper Elite V2
Wind and patrol details vary slightly per attempt
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Manhunt
Shadow routes and lure tactics are learnable
Sniper Elite V2
Positioning, sound masking and route planning are learnable
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.