head to head
vs
Killzone 2vsModern Combat 5: Blackout
Killzone 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Modern Combat 5: Blackout leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Killzone 2Modern Combat 5: Blackout
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Killzone 2 leans harder on execution: Weighty gunplay punishes imprecise aim hard
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Modern Combat 5: Blackout leans harder on optimization: class loadouts and weapon builds
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.