head to head
vs
Dead Space (2008)vsMax Payne 3
Dead Space (2008) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Max Payne 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Space (2008)Max 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.
Variance2 vs 1
Dead Space (2008) leans harder on variance: Store stock is deterministic; minor drop variance on kills
Optimization6 vs 5
Dead Space (2008) leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrading, power-node routing and stasis timing are optimisable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.