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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 cover artvsHalf-Life 2: Deathmatch cover art

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3vsHalf-Life 2: Deathmatch

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Half-Life 2: Deathmatch leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 leans harder on execution: aim and reflexes decide most engagements

Reads6 vs 5

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 leans harder on reads: predicting human opponent positioning and habits

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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Half-Life 2: Deathmatch