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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend cover artvsUltra Street Fighter IV cover art

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift ExtendvsUltra Street Fighter IV

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Ultra Street Fighter IV leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift ExtendUltra Street Fighter IV

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 8

Ultra Street Fighter IV leans harder on reads: Footsies and conditioning the human opponent is the core duel

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Ultra Street Fighter IV leans harder on optimization: Frame data, matchups and option-selects form deep studied theory

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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