head to head
vs
Halo 3vsHalo: Combat Evolved
Halo 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Halo: Combat Evolved leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Halo 3Halo: Combat Evolved
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Halo 3 leans harder on execution: Precision aim and grenade-melee timing
Reads5 vs 3
Halo 3 leans harder on reads: Equal-start fights reward predicting humans
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.