head to head
vs
Quake IIvsSerious Sam: The First Encounter
Quake II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Quake IISerious Sam: The First Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Quake II leans harder on variance: Item and enemy placement is fixed but unknown on first play
Optimization5 vs 4
Quake II leans harder on optimization: Ammo and health economy tightly constrains routing through every level
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.