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Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 6

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance leans harder on reads: Human stance mixups require live prediction

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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Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe