head to head
vs
Mad MaxvsX-Men Origins: Wolverine
Mad Max leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); X-Men Origins: Wolverine leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mad MaxX-Men Origins: Wolverine
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
X-Men Origins: Wolverine leans harder on execution: Lunge timing and combo flow carry brawls.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.