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Quake 4vsWolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Quake 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Quake 4Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 6

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory leans harder on reads: Human teams adapt pushes, fakes, and class timing

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory leans harder on optimization: Objective timings, class roles, and map routes are studyable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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