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Dragon Ball: Xenoverse cover artvsNBA 2K15 cover art

Dragon Ball: XenoversevsNBA 2K15

Dragon Ball: Xenoverse leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); NBA 2K15 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 5

NBA 2K15 leans harder on reads: Versus humans, baiting defenders and calling counters drives possessions

Variance2 vs 3

NBA 2K15 leans harder on variance: Shot RNG and loose balls swing close games

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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