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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II cover artvsUnreal Tournament 2004 cover art

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIvsUnreal Tournament 2004

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II leans Execution (Grand Arena); Unreal Tournament 2004 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIUnreal Tournament 2004

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.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

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Unreal Tournament 2004