head to head
vs
Aliens vs. PredatorvsCall of Duty 3
Aliens vs. Predator leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Call of Duty 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Aliens vs. PredatorCall of Duty 3
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Call of Duty 3 leans harder on reads: Multiplayer adds modest human positional prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Aliens vs. Predator leans harder on optimization: class abilities and routes solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.