head to head
vs
Marathon (1994)vsMax Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Marathon (1994) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Marathon (1994)Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Marathon (1994) leans harder on variance: Level layout is fixed and fully learnable after first exploration
Optimization6 vs 5
Marathon (1994) leans harder on optimization: Terminal-lore puzzle understanding and routing reward thorough study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.