Building comparison
head to head
FIFA Soccer 07vsPro Evolution Soccer 2009
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
FIFA Soccer 07
Execution · Competitive PvP
Football stick execution and opponent reading, salted with bounce-of-the-ball luck.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Execution · Competitive PvP
Execution on the ball plus constant prediction of the other player's shape.
FIFA Soccer 07 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
FIFA Soccer 07Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FIFA Soccer 07
Stick skills and timing on passes and finishing
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Close control and finishing windows demand stick precision
Reads5 vs 5
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FIFA Soccer 07
Versus humans, baiting tackles and disguising attacks matters
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Online and couch opponents adjust tactics against you
Variance3 vs 2
FIFA Soccer 07 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
FIFA Soccer 07
Deflections and keeper randomness swing single matches
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Ricochets and keeper parries add small randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
FIFA Soccer 07
Formations and exploit patterns are learnable meta
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Squad setup and tactical sliders reward preparation
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.
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