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Company of HeroesvsOverwatch

Company of Heroes leans Execution (Grand Arena); Overwatch leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION7 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Overwatch leans harder on execution: Hero aim, movement, and ability timing

Reads7 vs 7

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 2

Company of Heroes leans harder on variance: Reinforcement point capture variance and munitions drops add uncertainty

Optimization7 vs 6

Company of Heroes leans harder on optimization: Resource point priority and doctrine selection are learnable systems

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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