head to head
vs
Mega Man X3vsSonic Generations
Mega Man X3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Generations leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mega Man X3Sonic Generations
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Mega Man X3 leans harder on execution: Dash-jump precision and boss dodging demand tight inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 0
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.