head to head
vs
Metal Gear: Ghost BabelvsMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Metal Gear: Ghost BabelMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater leans harder on execution: CQC execution, camouflage switching speed, and boss timing are demanding
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel leans harder on optimization: Rank system pushes fully optimized, no-alert perfect runs.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.