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

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsCounter-Strike: Source

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

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

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Counter-Strike: Source leans harder on execution: Recoil control and crosshair placement decide duels

Reads6 vs 7

Counter-Strike: Source leans harder on reads: Outguessing rotations, fakes, and timing of human opponents

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: Source