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FIFA Soccer 96 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Halo: Reach leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Halo: Reach leans harder on execution: DMR precision and armour-ability timing

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Halo: Reach leans harder on optimization: Ability matchups and map knowledge

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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