head to head
vs
Battlefield 4vsFIFA Soccer 08
Battlefield 4 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); FIFA Soccer 08 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Battlefield 4FIFA Soccer 08
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 6
FIFA Soccer 08 leans harder on reads: Versus humans, baiting defenders and disguising attacks is core
Variance3 vs 2
Battlefield 4 leans harder on variance: Map-altering events and spawns inject noise
Optimization5 vs 3
Battlefield 4 leans harder on optimization: Loadout tuning and objective rotation knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.