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Worms: Ultimate Mayhem leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Worms W.M.D leans Reads (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Worms: Ultimate Mayhem leans harder on execution: 3D grenade arcs and ninja-rope control reward practiced aim

Reads5 vs 6

Worms W.M.D leans harder on reads: Multiplayer turns hinge on out-guessing rival worm placement

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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