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Castlevania Judgment cover artvsStreet Fighter cover art

Castlevania JudgmentvsStreet Fighter

Castlevania Judgment leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Street Fighter leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Castlevania JudgmentStreet Fighter

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Street Fighter leans harder on execution: Notoriously stiff inputs make landing specials the real fight

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Castlevania Judgment leans harder on optimization: Small move lists are mapped within hours

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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