head to head
vs
Mad MaxvsRetro City Rampage DX
Mad Max leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Retro City Rampage DX leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mad MaxRetro City Rampage DX
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Retro City Rampage DX leans harder on execution: top-down driving and shooting timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Mad Max leans harder on optimization: Magnum Opus upgrades and stronghold routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.