head to head
vs
Aliens: Colonial MarinesvsMafia II
Aliens: Colonial Marines leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Aliens: Colonial MarinesMafia II
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Aliens: Colonial Marines leans harder on reads: Broken AI barely follows its own scripts
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Mafia II leans harder on optimization: Modest; learning encounter layouts
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.