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Best of the Best: Championship Karate cover artvsQuake cover art

Best of the Best: Championship KaratevsQuake

Best of the Best: Championship Karate leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Quake leans harder on execution: Rocket aim and movement tech ceiling massive.

Reads4 vs 3

Best of the Best: Championship Karate leans harder on reads: Two-player matches reward anticipating the opponent's next move

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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