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NBA 2K16 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
NBA 2K16Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter leans harder on execution: Joystick dogfighting and deflection shooting set the skill bar

Reads5 vs 4

NBA 2K16 leans harder on reads: Online opponents adjust defensive schemes against your tendencies

Variance2 vs 1

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

Optimization5 vs 6

Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter leans harder on optimization: Power management between lasers, shields, engines is solvable craft

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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