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BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger cover artvsThe King of Fighters '98 cover art

BlazBlue: Calamity TriggervsThe King of Fighters '98

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger leans Execution (Competitive PvP); The King of Fighters '98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION9 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BlazBlue: Calamity TriggerThe King of Fighters '98

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger leans harder on execution: Long anime combos and tight defensive inputs

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

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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BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

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The King of Fighters '98