head to head
vs
BarrovsMafia II
Barro leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BarroMafia II
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Barro leans harder on execution: Staying on looping tracks is the only real demand
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 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.