head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarvsQuake 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarQuake 4
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War leans harder on reads: Online opponents rotate and adapt; pre-firing them is prediction
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War leans harder on variance: Spawn flips and lobby randomness inject 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.