head to head
vs
Intravenous 2vsMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Intravenous 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Intravenous 2Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Intravenous 2 leans harder on variance: Patrol compositions and gear availability vary across the mission set
Optimization8 vs 8
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.