head to head
vs
Gears of War 4vsHalo: Combat Evolved
Gears of War 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Halo: Combat Evolved leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gears of War 4Halo: Combat Evolved
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 3
Gears of War 4 leans harder on reads: predicting human opponents in PvP
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Gears of War 4 leans harder on optimization: cover positioning and loadouts 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.