head to head
vs
Battlefield: Bad CompanyvsGears of War 2
Battlefield: Bad Company leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gears of War 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Battlefield: Bad CompanyGears of War 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Gears of War 2 leans harder on execution: Gnasher battles and movement tech set the ceiling
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Battlefield: Bad Company leans harder on variance: Destruction and large lobbies create chaos
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.