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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 cover artvsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive cover art

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans harder on execution: Spray control and flick precision at the top

Reads6 vs 7

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans harder on reads: Anti-stratting and mid-round adaptation

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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: Modern Warfare 2

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive