head to head
vs
Quake 4vsTop Spin 3
Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Top Spin 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Quake 4Top Spin 3
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Quake 4 leans harder on execution: Aimbot plus strafe-jump inputs dominate both campaign and multiplayer
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Quake 4 leans harder on variance: Spawn and item timing add mild uncertainty
Optimization4 vs 4
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.