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Tecmo Bowl leans Reads (Competitive PvP); WWE 2K15 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION4 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

WWE 2K15 leans harder on execution: Reversal timing windows decide most exchanges

Reads6 vs 4

Tecmo Bowl leans harder on reads: Guessing the opponent's one play call is the famous mind-game

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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