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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare cover artvsSega Soccer Slam cover art

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden WarfarevsSega Soccer Slam

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Sega Soccer Slam leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden WarfareSega Soccer Slam

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Sega Soccer Slam leans harder on variance: Power-move spotlights and weather add randomness

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

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Sega Soccer Slam