head to head
vs
Metal SlugvsThunder Force III
Metal Slug leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Thunder Force III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Metal SlugThunder Force III
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Thunder Force III leans harder on optimization: Weapon selection per section and route memorisation decide 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.