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It Takes TwovsNHL Hockey
It Takes Two leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); NHL Hockey leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
It Takes TwoNHL Hockey
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
NHL Hockey leans harder on reads: Against a human, baiting checks and goalie reads matter
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
It Takes Two leans harder on optimization: Each chapter has an optimal movement approach once mechanics are learned
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.