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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R cover artvsThe King of Fighters '98 cover art

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle RvsThe King of Fighters '98

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R leans Reads (Competitive PvP); The King of Fighters '98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle RThe King of Fighters '98

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Execution7 vs 8

The King of Fighters '98 leans harder on execution: Strict inputs, short hops, tight punishes

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R

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