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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsSea of Thieves

Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 demands more execution; Sea of Thieves demands more variance.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Execution · Competitive PvP

Blockbuster 2009 sequel famous for killstreak chains and frantic multiplayer.

Sea of Thieves

Reads · Competitive PvP

Open-world pirate game with PvPvE ship combat.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Sea of Thieves leans Reads (Competitive PvP).

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Sea of Thieves

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Execution8 vs 6

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans clearly harder on execution.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Fast time-to-kill rewards raw aim and reflex

Sea of Thieves

Ship sailing and naval gunnery require hands

Reads6 vs 7

Sea of Thieves leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Outguessing human rotations and flanks

Sea of Thieves

PvP ship fights are pure mind games

Variance3 vs 5

Sea of Thieves leans clearly harder on variance.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Spawn flips and killstreak randomness

Sea of Thieves

Server encounters, weather, loot vary

Optimization5 vs 5

Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Killstreak economy, loadout and map knowledge

Sea of Thieves

Routes, loadouts, ship setups solvable

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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head to head

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsSea of Thieves

Neither is simply harder - they are hard in different places. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 demands more execution; Sea of Thieves demands more variance.