head to head
vs
EA Sports UFC 5vsMortal Kombat
EA Sports UFC 5 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mortal Kombat leans Reads (Competitive PvP).
EA Sports UFC 5Mortal Kombat
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 8
Mortal Kombat leans harder on reads: Human opponents adapt; conditioning and counter-guessing rule
Variance2 vs 1
EA Sports UFC 5 leans harder on variance: Damage events and doctor stoppages add chaos
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.