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Pro Evolution Soccer 2009vsWhen Vikings Attack!

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); When Vikings Attack! leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009When Vikings Attack!

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 leans harder on execution: Close control and finishing windows demand stick precision

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

When Vikings Attack! leans harder on variance: Object spawns add some randomness to encounters

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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When Vikings Attack!