head to head
vs
Battlefield 3vsNBA Live 09
Battlefield 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); NBA Live 09 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Battlefield 3NBA Live 09
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Battlefield 3 leans harder on execution: Gunplay, suppression management, and vehicle piloting
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
NBA Live 09 leans harder on optimization: Playcalling, rotations and matchups reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.