head to head
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max PaynevsSWIV
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); SWIV leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max PayneSWIV
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
SWIV leans harder on execution: Weaving through dense bullet patterns is the whole vertical-shooter test
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne leans harder on optimization: bullet-time meter management and routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

