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FIFA Soccer 97 cover artvsKillzone 3 cover art

FIFA Soccer 97vsKillzone 3

FIFA Soccer 97 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Killzone 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
FIFA Soccer 97Killzone 3

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Killzone 3 leans harder on execution: Weighty gunplay still demands aim and recoil control

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Killzone 3 leans harder on optimization: Map control, loadouts and class roles structure multiplayer

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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