head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is reads, and it is a single point.

Execution · Competitive PvP
The pioneering large-scale WWII shooter built on combined-arms map chaos.

Execution · Competitive PvP
Football execution and human mind-games layered over tactical formation play.
Battlefield 1942 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Battlefield 1942
Aim, vehicle handling, and leading shots matter.
International Superstar Soccer Pro 98
First-touch timing and finishing demand practiced hands
International Superstar Soccer Pro 98 leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Battlefield 1942
Human teams adapt flanks and vehicle pushes.
International Superstar Soccer Pro 98
Versus matches hinge on outguessing a human defender
Battlefield 1942 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Battlefield 1942
64-player chaos and spawns add noise.
International Superstar Soccer Pro 98
Bounces and deflections add bounded match chaos
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Battlefield 1942
Map control and vehicle timing learnable.
International Superstar Soccer Pro 98
Formations and set-piece routines have learnable best answers
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.