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Karate Champ cover artvsStreet Fighter cover art

Karate ChampvsStreet Fighter

Karate Champ leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Street Fighter leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Karate ChampStreet Fighter

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Karate Champ leans harder on optimization: Small fixed moveset is quickly catalogued

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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