head to head

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 cover artvsUnreal Tournament (1999) cover art

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4vsUnreal Tournament (1999)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Unreal Tournament (1999) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4Unreal Tournament (1999)

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 leans harder on variance: battle royale loot is heavily random

Optimization5 vs 4

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 leans harder on optimization: loadouts and rotations are solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

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Unreal Tournament (1999)