head to head
vs
Battlefield 3vsNFL 2K3
Battlefield 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); NFL 2K3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Battlefield 3NFL 2K3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Battlefield 3 leans harder on execution: Gunplay, suppression management, and vehicle piloting
Reads5 vs 6
NFL 2K3 leans harder on reads: Play-calling against human opponents is constant prediction
Variance3 vs 3
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.