head to head
vs
Crysis 2vsGatling Gears
Crysis 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gatling Gears leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crysis 2Gatling Gears
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Gatling Gears leans harder on variance: Enemy spawns and drops add mild chaos
Optimization5 vs 4
Crysis 2 leans harder on optimization: Suit energy management and choosing stealth-versus-armor approaches
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.