head to head
Gears 5vsIss3
Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Iss3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gears 5Iss3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 3
Gears 5 leans harder on reads: Ranked versus rewards out-thinking human opponents
Variance2 vs 3
Iss3 leans harder on variance: match physics randomness
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.