head to head
vs
Cold WintervsMax Payne 3
Cold Winter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Max Payne 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Cold WinterMax Payne 3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Max Payne 3 leans harder on optimization: cover routing and painkiller management
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.