head to head
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NBA Live 06vsWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
NBA Live 06 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
NBA Live 06WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
NBA Live 06 leans harder on execution: Stick timing on shots, steals and dribble moves
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
NBA Live 06 leans harder on optimization: Exploiting AI tendencies and roster matchups is solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.