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FIFA Soccer 11 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

FIFA Soccer 11 leans harder on execution: Pass timing, dribbling and finishing demand stick skill

Reads6 vs 5

FIFA Soccer 11 leans harder on reads: Human opponents' defensive habits and attacking patterns must be modelled

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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