head to head
vs
FIFA Soccer 08vsTennis World Tour 2
FIFA Soccer 08 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Tennis World Tour 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
FIFA Soccer 08Tennis World Tour 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Tennis World Tour 2 leans harder on execution: shot timing, positioning, and precision control
Reads6 vs 4
FIFA Soccer 08 leans harder on reads: Versus humans, baiting defenders and disguising attacks is core
Variance2 vs 1
FIFA Soccer 08 leans harder on variance: Ball physics adds bounce noise to single matches
Optimization3 vs 3
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.