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Mortal Kombat Trilogy cover artvsUFC Undisputed 3 cover art

Mortal Kombat TrilogyvsUFC Undisputed 3

Mortal Kombat Trilogy leans Execution (Competitive PvP); UFC Undisputed 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Mortal Kombat TrilogyUFC Undisputed 3

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 5

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

Variance1 vs 2

UFC Undisputed 3 leans harder on variance: Flash knockouts and stamina swings add modest randomness

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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UFC Undisputed 3