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Castle CrashersvsPlants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

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

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Castle CrashersPlants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

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

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Castle Crashers leans harder on optimization: Levelling investment, magic loadout, and pet choice are optimisable

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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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare