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

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans harder on execution: Long touch-of-death combos 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.

Optimization7 vs 6

Injustice 2 leans harder on optimization: Gear stat distribution and character sub-archetype selection reward planning

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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