head to head
vs
Metal Slug 3vsNeon White
Metal Slug 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Neon White leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Metal Slug 3Neon White
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Neon White leans harder on execution: Card-discarding movement tech is the entire game at maximum precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Metal Slug 3 leans harder on variance: branching paths vary runs slightly
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.