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BlazBlue: Cross Tag BattlevsMarvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle leans Reads (Grand Arena); Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS9 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
BlazBlue: Cross Tag BattleMarvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

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Execution8 vs 9

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes leans harder on execution: infinite combos and assist timing demand elite hands

Reads9 vs 8

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle leans harder on reads: Tag-in timing and team-based opponent modelling add adaptive layers

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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