head to head
vs
PongvsVirtua Tennis 3
Pong leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Virtua Tennis 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
PongVirtua Tennis 3
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Virtua Tennis 3 leans harder on execution: Shot timing and court positioning decide every rally
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Virtua Tennis 3 leans harder on variance: Full-information rallies with nothing hidden
Optimization1 vs 3
Virtua Tennis 3 leans harder on optimization: Shot selection patterns are learnable but shallow
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.