head to head
vs
Call of Duty: World at WarvsGears 5
Call of Duty: World at War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Call of Duty: World at WarGears 5
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 4
Gears 5 leans harder on reads: Ranked versus rewards out-thinking human opponents
Variance3 vs 2
Call of Duty: World at War leans harder on variance: Random lobbies, spawns, and zombie waves
Optimization5 vs 5
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.