head to head
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIvsQuake III Arena
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II leans Execution (Grand Arena); Quake III Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIQuake III Arena
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II leans harder on variance: Spawn logic and SBMM shuffle outcomes
Optimization6 vs 5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II leans harder on optimization: Gunsmith attachments and perk packages
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

