head to head
vs
Mafia IIvsReservoir Dogs
Mafia II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Reservoir Dogs leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mafia IIReservoir Dogs
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Reservoir Dogs leans harder on execution: Standard third-person shooting and hostage standoffs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.