head to head
vs
Postal 2vsSilent Hill: The Arcade
Postal 2 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Silent Hill: The Arcade leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Postal 2Silent Hill: The Arcade
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Silent Hill: The Arcade leans harder on execution: Light-gun aiming and reaction speed are core
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Postal 2 leans harder on variance: NPC crowd reactions and police escalation introduce real run variability
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.