head to head
vs
James Bond 007: NightfirevsResistance 2
James Bond 007: Nightfire leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resistance 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
James Bond 007: NightfireResistance 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Resistance 2 leans harder on execution: Weapon handling and boss dodging demand console-shooter precision
Reads3 vs 4
Resistance 2 leans harder on reads: 60-player multiplayer rewarded reading humans; campaign Chimera don't adapt
Variance1 vs 1
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.