head to head
vs
Far Cry 3vsMega Man Legends
Far Cry 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mega Man Legends leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry 3Mega Man Legends
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Far Cry 3 leans harder on execution: Shooting and stealth fundamentals matter.
Reads1 vs 0
Far Cry 3 leans harder on reads: Pirate AI uses fixed alert patterns.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.