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NHL 2K6vsWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
NHL 2K6 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
NHL 2K6WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
NHL 2K6 leans harder on execution: Shot timing, dekes and poke checks decide possessions
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
NHL 2K6 leans harder on optimization: Line management and franchise decisions reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.