head to head
vs
FIFA Soccer 11vsNHL Hitz 2002
FIFA Soccer 11 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); NHL Hitz 2002 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
FIFA Soccer 11NHL Hitz 2002
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 5
FIFA Soccer 11 leans harder on reads: Human opponents' defensive habits and attacking patterns must be modelled
Variance3 vs 2
FIFA Soccer 11 leans harder on variance: Deflections and keeper behaviour add bounded chaos
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.