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Mortal Kombat Trilogy cover artvsSuper Dodge Ball cover art

Mortal Kombat TrilogyvsSuper Dodge Ball

Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Super Dodge Ball leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Mortal Kombat TrilogySuper Dodge Ball

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 4

Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans harder on reads: Human opponents must be baited into unsafe moves

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans harder on optimization: Knowing the bloated roster's broken tech is half the battle

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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