head to head
vs
Midtown MadnessvsSniper Elite III
Midtown Madness leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sniper Elite III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Midtown MadnessSniper Elite III
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Midtown Madness leans harder on variance: Traffic and pedestrians create random obstacles
Optimization5 vs 6
Sniper Elite III leans harder on optimization: Open maps reward planned routes, sound masking and relocation
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.