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King of the Monsters leans Execution (Competitive PvP); WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
King of the MonstersWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011

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Execution6 vs 5

King of the Monsters leans harder on execution: Grapple timing and positioning decide monster bouts

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 leans harder on optimization: Move sets, match types and creation systems are learnable

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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