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2006 FIFA World Cup cover artvsPro Evolution Soccer 2009 cover art

2006 FIFA World CupvsPro Evolution Soccer 2009

2006 FIFA World Cup leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
2006 FIFA World CupPro Evolution Soccer 2009

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

2006 FIFA World Cup leans harder on variance: Deflections and keeper randomness swing single matches

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.

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2006 FIFA World Cup

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