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Nintendo Land leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION4 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 6

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans harder on execution: Third-person aim and ability timing carry every fight

Reads3 vs 4

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans harder on reads: Human opponents flank and juke in class-based skirmishes

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans harder on optimization: Class counters and objective timing reward team 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.

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