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Guilty Gear X2 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Guilty Gear X2 leans harder on variance: Little randomness; outcomes driven by play

Optimization6 vs 6

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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