head to head
vs
Penumbra: OverturevsSilent Hill 2 (2001)
Penumbra: Overture leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Penumbra: OvertureSilent Hill 2 (2001)
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans harder on execution: Clunky combat is intentional; survival over precision
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.