head to head
vs
Gears of WarvsPerfect Dark
Gears of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Perfect Dark leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gears of WarPerfect Dark
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 3
Gears of War leans harder on reads: Multiplayer rewards predicting enemy pushes and rotations
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.