head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIvsGears of War 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops III leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Gears of War 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIGears of War 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Call of Duty: Black Ops III leans harder on execution: Thrust-jumps and wall-runs reward mechanical mastery
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops III leans harder on variance: Spawns and Zombies RNG add uncertainty
Optimization5 vs 5
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.