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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend cover artvsUnreal Tournament 2004 cover art

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift ExtendvsUnreal Tournament 2004

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Unreal Tournament 2004 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift ExtendUnreal Tournament 2004

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 6

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend leans harder on reads: Mixups, throws and bursts hinge on out-guessing a human

Variance1 vs 2

Unreal Tournament 2004 leans harder on variance: Spawns and item timers are knowable, little hidden

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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Unreal Tournament 2004