head to head
vs
Battlefield: Bad Company 2vsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Battlefield: Bad Company 2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans harder on variance: Spawn flips and killstreak randomness
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.