Building comparison
head to head
Call of Duty: Black OpsvsNBA 2K12
Call of Duty: Black Ops asks more than NBA 2K12, and the gap is execution.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Execution · Competitive PvP
Cold War-era shooter pairing twitch multiplayer with the cult Zombies mode.
NBA 2K12
Execution · Competitive PvP
Shot-timing execution and play-calling prediction against human or scripted defenses.
Call of Duty: Black Ops leans Execution (Competitive PvP); NBA 2K12 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Call of Duty: Black OpsNBA 2K12
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 6
Call of Duty: Black Ops leans clearly harder on execution.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Gunfights hinge on aim and reaction speed
NBA 2K12
Shot timing and stick handles decide possessions
Reads6 vs 5
Call of Duty: Black Ops leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Reading human opponents' positioning and timing
NBA 2K12
Online opponents bait defenses and adapt play calls
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Spawns, care packages, zombies RNG
NBA 2K12
Shot RNG adds bounded noise to outcomes
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Class builds, map control, zombies routing
NBA 2K12
Play calling, rosters and matchup exploits are studied systems
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.