head to head
vs
Skate 3vsTempest 2000
Skate 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tempest 2000 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Skate 3Tempest 2000
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Skate 3 leans harder on optimization: Trick selection and line routing benefit from planning but aren't deep systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.