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Call of DutyvsGears of War 2

Call of Duty leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gears of War 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 4

Gears of War 2 leans harder on reads: Human opponents in versus drive prediction play

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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.

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Call of Duty

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Gears of War 2