head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsQuake III Arena
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Quake III Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Quake III Arena
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Quake III Arena leans harder on execution: Rail and rocket aim at speed is the entire game
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.