head to head
vs
Guild Wars 2vsNBA Live 09
Guild Wars 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); NBA Live 09 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Guild Wars 2NBA Live 09
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 5
NBA Live 09 leans harder on reads: Human opponents fake and adapt their on-court tactics
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Guild Wars 2 leans harder on optimization: Build crafting and rotation theory-crafting reward deep analysis
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.