head to head
vs
Day of Defeat: SourcevsQuake III Arena
Day of Defeat: Source leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Quake III Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Day of Defeat: SourceQuake III Arena
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Quake III Arena leans harder on execution: Rail and rocket aim at speed is the entire game
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Quake III Arena leans harder on optimization: Armor and weapon timing routes are learnable and highly leveraged
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.