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Street Fighter II' Turbo cover artvsStreet Fighter V: Champion Edition cover art

Street Fighter II' TurbovsStreet Fighter V: Champion Edition

Street Fighter II' Turbo leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Street Fighter V: Champion Edition leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Street Fighter II' TurboStreet Fighter V: Champion Edition

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition leans harder on execution: Frame-perfect combos, anti-airs and whiff punishes decide every exchange

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition leans harder on variance: Almost nothing random once matchups are known

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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Street Fighter II' Turbo

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Street Fighter V: Champion Edition