head to head
vs
Call of Duty: Modern WarfarevsQuake 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Call of Duty: Modern WarfareQuake 4
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare leans harder on execution: aim and reflexes decide engagements
Reads6 vs 5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare leans harder on reads: predicting human opponents' positioning
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.