Building comparison
head to head
Call of Duty 3vsNintendo World Cup
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Call of Duty 3
Execution · Pure Mechanics
WWII gunfight execution with light multiplayer prediction.
Nintendo World Cup
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Arcade soccer testing reflex tackles and super-shot timing.
Call of Duty 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Nintendo World Cup leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty 3Nintendo World Cup
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Call of Duty 3
Aimbot trivialises both campaign and multiplayer gunfights
Nintendo World Cup
Tackles and super-shot timing decide most goals
Reads3 vs 3
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Call of Duty 3
Multiplayer adds modest human positional prediction
Nintendo World Cup
Versus a human, shot fakes add light prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Call of Duty 3
Scripted setpieces and spawn flow add minor unknowns
Nintendo World Cup
Ball physics add minor chaos
Optimization3 vs 3
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Call of Duty 3
Map knowledge and weapon choice reward light study
Nintendo World Cup
Learning super-move triggers is a small solvable layer
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.