head to head
vs
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth AssassinsvsTomb Raider
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth AssassinsTomb Raider
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins leans harder on execution: Grappling, timing stealth kills and swordplay test the hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins leans harder on variance: Patrol paths unknown until scouted
Optimization7 vs 7
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.