head to head
vs
Painkiller: Hell & DamnationvsThe Last of Us Part II
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Painkiller: Hell & DamnationThe Last of Us Part II
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation leans harder on execution: Fast strafing and horde aim carry arenas
Reads0 vs 1
The Last of Us Part II leans harder on reads: Smarter AI still runs mappable search scripts
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.