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Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 6

Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans harder on reads: Human opponents must be baited into unsafe moves

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans harder on optimization: Knowing the bloated roster's broken tech is half the battle

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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