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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cover artvsMarathon cover art

Counter-Strike: Global OffensivevsMarathon

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Marathon leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION9 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leans harder on execution: Spray control and flick precision at the top

Reads7 vs 7

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 5

Marathon leans harder on variance: Loot spawns and unseen squads create hidden information

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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