head to head
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsGolden Axe III
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Golden Axe III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsGolden Axe III
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Golden Axe III leans harder on execution: Spacing, crowd control and attack timing carry every fight
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.

