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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend cover artvsThe King of Fighters '98 cover art

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift ExtendvsThe King of Fighters '98

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend leans Execution (Competitive PvP); The King of Fighters '98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION9 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift ExtendThe King of Fighters '98

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend leans harder on execution: Long anime combos and drive mechanics demand drilled precision

Reads7 vs 8

The King of Fighters '98 leans harder on reads: Human opponents constantly adapt and condition you

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: Continuum Shift Extend

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The King of Fighters '98