head to head
vs
Perfect DarkvsRunning With Rifles
Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Running With Rifles leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Perfect DarkRunning With Rifles
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Perfect Dark leans harder on execution: N64 manual aim and tight mission play
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Running With Rifles leans harder on variance: Sprawling AI battles create unscripted emergent chaos
Optimization5 vs 5
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.