head to head

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 cover artvsMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games cover art

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98vsMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 leans harder on execution: Arcade-paced dribbling and shot timing decide matches

Reads4 vs 2

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 leans harder on reads: Couch opponents can be baited; AI cannot

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 leans harder on optimization: Simple era tactics and exploit goals are quickly mapped

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

full breakdown

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games