head to head
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NHL HockeyvsWii Sports
NHL Hockey leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wii Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
NHL HockeyWii Sports
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
NHL Hockey leans harder on reads: Against a human, baiting checks and goalie reads matter
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
NHL Hockey leans harder on optimization: Exploitable AI angles and line strategy are mappable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.