head to head
vs
Metal Slug 3vsTrackmania Turbo
Metal Slug 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trackmania Turbo leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Metal Slug 3Trackmania Turbo
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Trackmania Turbo leans harder on execution: Platform-racer precision; every millisecond of input matters
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.