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Injustice: Gods Among Us cover artvsMortal Kombat X cover art

Injustice: Gods Among UsvsMortal Kombat X

Injustice: Gods Among Us leans Reads (Grand Arena); Mortal Kombat X leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION7 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Injustice: Gods Among UsMortal Kombat X

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Mortal Kombat X leans harder on execution: Variation-specific combo routes demand precise practice

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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