head to head
vs
Fight Night Round 4vsMortal Kombat Trilogy
Fight Night Round 4 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Fight Night Round 4Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 6
Fight Night Round 4 leans harder on reads: Human opponents bait counters and adapt round to round
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.