head to head
vs
Day of DefeatvsGears 5
Day of Defeat leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Day of DefeatGears 5
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 4
Day of Defeat leans harder on reads: human teams feint and rotate around objectives
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Gears 5 leans harder on optimization: Character ultimates and map control are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.