head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2vsTribes: Ascend
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Tribes: Ascend leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Tribes: Ascend
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Tribes: Ascend leans harder on execution: Skiing routes and mid-air disc leads are brutal hands tests
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.