head to head
vs
HomefrontvsMario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Homefront leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
HomefrontMario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Homefront leans harder on execution: Standard shooter gunplay carries the campaign
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games leans harder on variance: Minigame gimmicks and items inject party randomness
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.