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Street Fighter II' TurbovsTekken

Street Fighter II' Turbo leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Tekken leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Tekken leans harder on variance: No hidden info; only matchup unfamiliarity early on

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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