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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 cover artvsNBA Live 99 cover art

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4vsNBA Live 99

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 leans Reads (Competitive PvP); NBA Live 99 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4NBA Live 99

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 5

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 leans harder on reads: Versus humans, baiting substitutions is the core game

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

NBA Live 99 leans harder on optimization: Money plays and roster knowledge are quickly systematised

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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