head to head
vs
Marathon InfinityvsSoldier of Fortune
Marathon Infinity leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Soldier of Fortune leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Marathon InfinitySoldier of Fortune
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Soldier of Fortune leans harder on variance: Campaign layouts and spawns are fixed
Optimization5 vs 4
Marathon Infinity leans harder on optimization: Ammo routing and labyrinthine level knowledge matter heavily
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.