head to head

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes cover artvsMelty Blood: Type Lumina cover art

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of HeroesvsMelty Blood: Type Lumina

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes leans Execution (Grand Arena); Melty Blood: Type Lumina leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of HeroesMelty Blood: Type Lumina

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads8 vs 9

Melty Blood: Type Lumina leans harder on reads: Moon Style matchup shifts and opponent adaptations are constant

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.

full breakdown

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

full breakdown

Melty Blood: Type Lumina