head to head
vs
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimevsTomb Raider II
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeTomb 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
Optimization6 vs 7
Tomb Raider II leans harder on optimization: Route, key-item, and secret solving dominate
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.