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Insurgency: Sandstorm leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Star Wars: Squadrons leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Insurgency: Sandstorm leans harder on execution: One-shot kills demand pixel-perfect aim

Reads7 vs 6

Insurgency: Sandstorm leans harder on reads: Holding angles and pushes are mind games

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 6

Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on optimization: Power management and loadout meta are solvable layers

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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