head to head
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London 2012: The Official Video GamevsSteep
London 2012: The Official Video Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Steep leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
London 2012: The Official Video GameSteep
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
London 2012: The Official Video Game leans harder on reads: AI and hotseat rivals never interact with your performance
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Steep leans harder on optimization: Line choice and trick scoring math reward study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.