head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIvsQuake 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIQuake 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
Call of Duty: Black Ops II leans harder on variance: Spawn flips and scorestreak chaos inject randomness
Optimization5 vs 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops II leans harder on optimization: Pick-10 classes and streak economies reward optimization
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.