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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex Edition cover artvsQuake III Arena cover art

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex EditionvsQuake III Arena

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex Edition leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Quake III Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Reflex EditionQuake III Arena

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Quake III Arena leans harder on execution: Rail and rocket aim at speed is the entire game

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Quake III Arena leans harder on optimization: Armor and weapon timing routes are learnable and highly leveraged

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 - Reflex Edition

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Quake III Arena