head to head
vs
LEGO Horizon AdventuresvsMafia II
LEGO Horizon Adventures leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
LEGO Horizon AdventuresMafia II
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
LEGO Horizon Adventures leans harder on variance: Procedural level chunks add mild variety
Optimization3 vs 4
Mafia II leans harder on optimization: Modest; learning encounter layouts
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.