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Pocket FightervsWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011

Pocket Fighter leans Reads (Competitive PvP); WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Pocket FighterWWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 4

Pocket Fighter leans harder on reads: Human versus play still rewards baits and prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 leans harder on optimization: Move sets, match types and creation systems are learnable

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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