head to head
vs
Black SquadvsQuake 4
Black Squad leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Black SquadQuake 4
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Black Squad leans harder on variance: Spread and spawn-side luck add modest noise
Optimization4 vs 4
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.