head to head
vs
Tomb Raider IIvsTrine
Tomb Raider II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Trine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Tomb Raider IITrine
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Tomb Raider II leans harder on execution: Precise platforming plus more frequent gunplay
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Tomb Raider II leans harder on variance: Unknown traps and ambushes punish first runs
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.