head to head
vs
Quake III ArenavsQuake Live
Quake III Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake Live leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Quake III ArenaQuake Live
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Quake Live leans harder on execution: Rail aim and strafe-jump movement are the purest hand test
Reads6 vs 7
Quake Live leans harder on reads: Duels are mind games against an adapting human opponent
Variance2 vs 1
Quake III Arena leans harder on variance: Spawn locations have mild randomness but are quickly mapped
Optimization5 vs 6
Quake Live leans harder on optimization: Item timing and map control are deeply 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.