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FIFA Soccer 13 cover artvsInsurgency: Sandstorm cover art

FIFA Soccer 13vsInsurgency: Sandstorm

FIFA Soccer 13 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Insurgency: Sandstorm leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
FIFA Soccer 13Insurgency: Sandstorm

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 9

Insurgency: Sandstorm leans harder on execution: One-shot kills demand pixel-perfect aim

Reads6 vs 7

Insurgency: Sandstorm leans harder on reads: Holding angles and pushes are mind games

Variance3 vs 2

FIFA Soccer 13 leans harder on variance: First-touch randomness and deflections add 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.

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Insurgency: Sandstorm