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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas leans harder on variance: Terrorist hunt spawns vary modestly between runs

Optimization4 vs 5

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas leans harder on optimization: Room-entry planning and map knowledge are studyable

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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