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Dead Island: Epidemic cover artvsFIFA 18 cover art

Dead Island: EpidemicvsFIFA 18

Dead Island: Epidemic leans Execution (Grand Arena); FIFA 18 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Dead Island: EpidemicFIFA 18

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

FIFA 18 leans harder on execution: Perfect stick skill and timing dominate dribbles and finishing

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Dead Island: Epidemic leans harder on optimization: Builds, lane economy and objective timing are study-able

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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