head to head
vs
Call of DutyvsMarathon Infinity
Call of Duty leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marathon Infinity leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Call of DutyMarathon Infinity
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Call of Duty leans harder on reads: Light multiplayer prediction; campaign AI is scripted
Variance2 vs 1
Call of Duty leans harder on variance: Some spawn and hit unpredictability
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.