head to head
vs
Syphon Filter 2vsThe Last of Us Part II
Syphon Filter 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Syphon Filter 2The Last of Us Part II
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
The Last of Us Part II leans harder on reads: Smarter AI still runs mappable search scripts
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Syphon Filter 2 leans harder on optimization: Level knowledge and stealth routing trivialize repeats
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.