head to head
vs
Marathon (1994)vsResident Evil 5
Marathon (1994) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Marathon (1994)Resident Evil 5
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Marathon (1994) leans harder on execution: Precise aim and tight movement in corridor battles define the ceiling
Reads0 vs 1
Resident Evil 5 leans harder on reads: Co-op coordination, not adversarial prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.