head to head
vs
Call of DutyvsNBA Live 97
Call of Duty leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); NBA Live 97 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Call of DutyNBA Live 97
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Call of Duty leans harder on execution: Aim and reaction carry the scripted firefights
Reads3 vs 4
NBA Live 97 leans harder on reads: A human opponent's play-calling tendencies can be exploited
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.