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Evil Zone leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Evil ZonePlants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 4

Evil Zone leans harder on reads: Versus humans, predicting attack choice is the duel

Variance1 vs 2

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans harder on variance: Sticker pack unlocks randomise progression, not matches

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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