head to head
vs
Mafia IIvsPostal
Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Postal leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mafia IIPostal
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.
Variance1 vs 2
Postal leans harder on variance: enemy spawn and pathing randomness
Optimization4 vs 3
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.