Building comparison
head to head
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsDay of Defeat: Source
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Execution · Competitive PvP
Blockbuster 2009 sequel famous for killstreak chains and frantic multiplayer.
Day of Defeat: Source
Execution · Competitive PvP
Team-based WWII infantry shooter about holding and capturing map points.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Day of Defeat: Source leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Day of Defeat: Source
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Fast time-to-kill rewards raw aim and reflex
Day of Defeat: Source
Recoil control and snap aim decide most firefights
Reads6 vs 6
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Outguessing human rotations and flanks
Day of Defeat: Source
Human squads shift pushes and holds unpredictably
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Spawn flips and killstreak randomness
Day of Defeat: Source
Known maps, minimal randomness beyond spawn waves
Optimization5 vs 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Killstreak economy, loadout and map knowledge
Day of Defeat: Source
Class loadouts and lane control are quickly mapped
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.
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