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Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 cover artvsWayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 cover art

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009vsWayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 leans harder on variance: Puck deflections and goalie outcomes add chaos

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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Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98