head to head
vs
Mortal Kombat 1vsStreet Fighter II' Turbo
Mortal Kombat 1 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Street Fighter II' Turbo leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Mortal Kombat 1Street Fighter II' Turbo
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads8 vs 8
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Mortal Kombat 1 leans harder on variance: Effectively no randomness in matches.
Optimization6 vs 5
Mortal Kombat 1 leans harder on optimization: Kameo synergy, frame data, and punish theory.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.