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Call of Duty: Ghosts cover artvsGears of War 2 cover art

Call of Duty: GhostsvsGears of War 2

Call of Duty: Ghosts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gears of War 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Call of Duty: GhostsGears of War 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Call of Duty: Ghosts leans harder on variance: Spawns and lobby matchups add noise

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.

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Call of Duty: Ghosts

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Gears of War 2