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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Karate Champ leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Gears of War: Ultimate EditionKarate Champ

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition leans harder on variance: Weapon spawns timed and known; spread mildly random

Optimization4 vs 3

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition leans harder on optimization: Map control and spawn timing knowledge structure matches

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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