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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare RemasteredvsQuake 4

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 5

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered leans harder on reads: Online opponents rotate and adapt; pre-aiming them is prediction

Variance3 vs 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered leans harder on variance: Spawns and random lobbies inject per-match noise

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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