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Happy Wars leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION5 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans harder on execution: Third-person aim and ability timing carry every fight

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Happy Wars leans harder on variance: Happy Card item rolls and chaotic scrums add randomness

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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