head to head
vs
Aero Fighters 3vsDead Space (2008)
Aero Fighters 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dead Space (2008) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Aero Fighters 3Dead Space (2008)
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Aero Fighters 3 leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns is the whole challenge
Reads0 vs 1
Dead Space (2008) leans harder on reads: Necromorphs follow fixed approach patterns, not player modelling
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.