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NHL 16 cover artvsTeam Fortress 2 cover art

NHL 16vsTeam Fortress 2

NHL 16 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Team Fortress 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
NHL 16Team Fortress 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Team Fortress 2 leans harder on execution: Projectile aim and rocket jumps reward hands

Reads6 vs 7

Team Fortress 2 leans harder on reads: Spy/sniper duels are pure prediction

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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