head to head
vs
Gears 5vsSplatoon 2
Gears 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gears 5Splatoon 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 5
Splatoon 2 leans harder on reads: predicting human opponent positioning
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Splatoon 2 leans harder on optimization: loadout and turf strategy solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.