head to head
vs
FIFA Soccer 11vsThief Town
FIFA Soccer 11 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Thief Town leans Reads (Pure Mind Games).
FIFA Soccer 11Thief Town
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 4
FIFA Soccer 11 leans harder on execution: Pass timing, dribbling and finishing demand stick skill
Reads6 vs 8
Thief Town leans harder on reads: Reading human players hiding among NPCs is the core
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 2
FIFA Soccer 11 leans harder on optimization: Formations, tactics and squad knowledge shape matches
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.