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Mortal Kombat: Armageddon cover artvsSamurai Shodown III cover art

Mortal Kombat: ArmageddonvsSamurai Shodown III

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Samurai Shodown III leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Mortal Kombat: ArmageddonSamurai Shodown III

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Samurai Shodown III leans harder on execution: precise weapon timing and spacing execution

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon leans harder on optimization: A 62-character roster of matchup knowledge to internalise

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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