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Bleeding Edge cover artvsMortal Kombat Trilogy cover art

Bleeding EdgevsMortal Kombat Trilogy

Bleeding Edge leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Bleeding EdgeMortal Kombat Trilogy

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans harder on execution: Dial-a-combo inputs and run-meter pressure demand fast hands

Reads6 vs 6

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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