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FIFA Soccer 2002: Major League Soccer leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mario Strikers Charged leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 6

Mario Strikers Charged leans harder on reads: Versus humans, faking shots and baiting tackles drives goals

Variance3 vs 4

Mario Strikers Charged leans harder on variance: Items and stage hazards inject swingy chaos into matches

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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