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SoulCalibur V leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Star Wars: Squadrons leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION7 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on execution: Drifting, aim, and throttle tricks decide dogfights

Reads7 vs 6

SoulCalibur V leans harder on reads: Versus humans, conditioning and throw-versus-mid guessing decides rounds

Variance1 vs 2

Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on variance: Full information maps; little randomness

Optimization5 vs 6

Star Wars: Squadrons leans harder on optimization: Power management and loadout meta are solvable layers

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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