head to head
vs
1943 Kai: Midway KaisenvsQuake II
1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Quake II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
1943 Kai: Midway KaisenQuake II
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.
Variance2 vs 3
Quake II leans harder on variance: Item and enemy placement is fixed but unknown on first play
Optimization6 vs 5
1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen leans harder on optimization: Energy management and route memorisation define one-credit clears
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.