head to head
vs
Battlefield 1942vsCall of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified
Battlefield 1942 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Battlefield 1942Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified leans harder on execution: aim and movement decide firefights
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Battlefield 1942 leans harder on variance: 64-player chaos and spawns add noise.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.