head to head
vs
Max Payne 3vsSerious Sam: Next Encounter
Max Payne 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Serious Sam: Next Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Max Payne 3Serious Sam: Next Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Serious Sam: Next Encounter leans harder on reads: Deathmatch adds a little human prediction
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Max Payne 3 leans harder on optimization: cover routing and painkiller management
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.