head to head
Super Smash Bros. Melee asks more than Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, and the gap is execution.

Execution · Competitive PvP
Deliberate build-up execution and human prediction over tactical foundations.

Execution · Competitive PvP
A platform fighter with one of the highest execution ceilings in any competitive game, layered on top of deep human reads.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Super Smash Bros. Melee leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Super Smash Bros. Melee leans clearly harder on execution.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Manual passing and finishing reward precise stick work
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Wavedashing, L-cancels, and tech-chasing set an extreme physical ceiling
Super Smash Bros. Melee leans clearly harder on reads.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Outguessing a human's defensive shape decides versus matches
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Reading DI choices and opponent adaptive habits is constant and non-convergent
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Ball physics injects modest match-to-match noise
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Stage hazard RNG and spawn positions add marginal chaos
Super Smash Bros. Melee leans clearly harder on optimization.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Tactical setups and player roles form the baseline
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Character matchup tiers and optimal movement routing are deeply studied
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.