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Bleach: Shattered Blade leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION5 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans harder on execution: Third-person aim and ability timing carry every fight

Reads5 vs 4

Bleach: Shattered Blade leans harder on reads: Versus duels reward predicting a human's swing commitments

Variance2 vs 2

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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Bleach: Shattered Blade

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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare