head to head
vs
Oddworld: Abe's OddyseevsTomb Raider II
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Oddworld: Abe's OddyseeTomb Raider II
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Tomb Raider II leans harder on variance: Unknown traps and ambushes punish first runs
Optimization7 vs 7
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.