head to head
vs
Outlast 2vsRetrowave
Outlast 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Retrowave leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Outlast 2Retrowave
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Retrowave leans harder on execution: Weaving through highway traffic at speed is the whole skill
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 2
Outlast 2 leans harder on optimization: Route memorization aids survival.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.