head to head
vs
Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricavsMafia II
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa leans Execution (Light / Casual); Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaMafia II
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Mafia II leans harder on execution: Cover shooting and fistfight timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.