head to head
vs
Budokan: The Martial SpiritvsPerfect Dark
Budokan: The Martial Spirit leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Budokan: The Martial SpiritPerfect Dark
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Perfect Dark leans harder on variance: Mission scripting fixed once learned
Optimization4 vs 5
Perfect Dark leans harder on optimization: Objective routing on harder difficulty tiers
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.