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Bases Loaded leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 4

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans harder on reads: Human opponents flank and juke in class-based skirmishes

Variance3 vs 2

Bases Loaded leans harder on variance: Limited perspective hides ball flight and pitch location

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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