head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto VvsWCW Mayhem
Grand Theft Auto V leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WCW Mayhem leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Grand Theft Auto VWCW Mayhem
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
WCW Mayhem leans harder on execution: Timing grapples, reversals and strikes decides every match
Reads2 vs 3
WCW Mayhem leans harder on reads: Human opponents in versus add a modest prediction layer
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.