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FIFA Soccer 13 cover artvsSOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs cover art

FIFA Soccer 13vsSOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs

FIFA Soccer 13 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
FIFA Soccer 13SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

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

Optimization4 vs 5

SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs leans harder on optimization: Route control and crossfire setups are learnable

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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FIFA Soccer 13

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SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs