head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Infinite WarfarevsGears 5
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Call of Duty: Infinite WarfareGears 5
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare leans harder on execution: Wall-running and thrust jumps demand mechanical skill
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare leans harder on variance: Spawn logic and lobby variance 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.