head to head
vs
Dirty BombvsGears of War 2
Dirty Bomb leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Gears of War 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dirty BombGears of War 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Dirty Bomb leans harder on execution: Fast strafing gunfights and ability timing need quick hands
Reads5 vs 4
Dirty Bomb leans harder on reads: Human teams adapt pushes around objective chokepoints
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.