head to head
vs
Sleeping DogsvsThe Quiet Man
Sleeping Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Quiet Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Sleeping DogsThe Quiet Man
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Sleeping Dogs leans harder on execution: brawling and driving need timing/aim
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 3
The Quiet Man leans harder on variance: Deliberately muted audio hides story information first run
Optimization3 vs 4
The Quiet Man leans harder on optimization: Fight encounters and story decode on replay
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.