head to head
Mercenaries 2: World in FlamesvsTomb Raider (2013)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mercenaries 2: World in FlamesTomb Raider (2013)
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Tomb Raider (2013) leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy waves, no adaptation.
Variance2 vs 1
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames leans harder on variance: Open-world chaos adds noise but little hidden information
Optimization4 vs 4
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.

