head to head
vs
Killzone 3vsMace: The Dark Age
Killzone 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mace: The Dark Age leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Killzone 3Mace: The Dark Age
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 5
Mace: The Dark Age leans harder on reads: Arcade versus play rewards reading a human's weapon commitments
Variance2 vs 1
Killzone 3 leans harder on variance: Spawns and spread inject limited randomness
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.