head to head
vs
Dirty BombvsQuake 4
Dirty Bomb leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dirty BombQuake 4
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Dirty Bomb leans harder on optimization: Merc compositions and objective timings reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.