head to head
vs
Def Jam: IconvsGears 5
Def Jam: Icon leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Def Jam: IconGears 5
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Gears 5 leans harder on variance: Escape and Horde inject some run variance
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.