head to head
vs
Mega Man Battle Network 3 WhitevsPayday 2
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mega Man Battle Network 3 WhitePayday 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted; rare human chip battles aside
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White leans harder on optimization: Folder construction is the deep solvable layer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.