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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Killzone 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai TenkaichiKillzone 3

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 4

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi leans harder on reads: Versus humans, predicting teleport counters and ki tactics matters

Variance1 vs 2

Killzone 3 leans harder on variance: Spawns and spread inject limited randomness

Optimization4 vs 4

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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