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Injustice 2 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Injustice 2Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans harder on execution: TAC infinite setups and Zero loops demand high motor precision

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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