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

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes leans harder on execution: infinite combos and assist timing demand elite hands

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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