head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsMortal Kombat Gold
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mortal Kombat Gold leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Mortal Kombat Gold
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 7
Mortal Kombat Gold leans harder on reads: Human opponents in versus demand constant prediction
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans harder on variance: Spawn flips and killstreak randomness
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.