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NBA 2K16 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Space War leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
NBA 2K16Space War

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

NBA 2K16 leans harder on variance: Shot RNG and card packs add bounded randomness

Optimization5 vs 3

NBA 2K16 leans harder on optimization: Playbooks, rotations and roster building reward deep 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.

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