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Pro Evolution Soccer 6 cover artvsSamurai Shodown V Special cover art

Pro Evolution Soccer 6vsSamurai Shodown V Special

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Samurai Shodown V Special leans Reads (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Pro Evolution Soccer 6Samurai Shodown V Special

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 leans harder on execution: First touch, through balls, and dribbles demand precise control

Reads6 vs 8

Samurai Shodown V Special leans harder on reads: Neutral footsies and lethal whiff punishes are pure human yomi.

Variance2 vs 1

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 leans harder on variance: Deflections and keeper spills add light 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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