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Call of Duty: World at War cover artvsNBA Live 95 cover art

Call of Duty: World at WarvsNBA Live 95

Call of Duty: World at War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); NBA Live 95 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Call of Duty: World at WarNBA Live 95

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Call of Duty: World at War leans harder on execution: Twitch gunfights in fast multiplayer lobbies

Reads3 vs 4

NBA Live 95 leans harder on reads: Versus mode rewards anticipating human offense

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Call of Duty: World at War →

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NBA Live 95 →