head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Infinite WarfarevsNew World: Aeternum
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Call of Duty: Infinite WarfareNew World: Aeternum
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 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
New World: Aeternum leans harder on optimization: Weapon mastery and territory control strategies are systematically solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.