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Battlefield 3 cover artvsCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare cover art

Battlefield 3vsCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Battlefield 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Battlefield 3Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare leans harder on execution: Exo boost-dodging raises the mechanical ceiling sharply

Reads5 vs 4

Battlefield 3 leans harder on reads: Human teams adapt routes and armor pushes

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare