head to head
vs
Mario Kart 7vsPlanetSide 2
Mario Kart 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); PlanetSide 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mario Kart 7PlanetSide 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 4
PlanetSide 2 leans harder on reads: Human enemies adapt, diluted across hundreds
Variance4 vs 3
Mario Kart 7 leans harder on variance: Item luck shapes every race
Optimization5 vs 5
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.