head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsTribes 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Tribes 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Tribes 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Tribes 2 leans harder on execution: Skiing physics and disc-jumping aim define the skill ceiling
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.