head to head
vs
Gears 5vsPirates, Vikings, and Knights II
Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Gears 5Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 5
Pirates, Vikings, and Knights II leans harder on reads: Human opponents feint and adapt in three-team brawls
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
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.