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Street Fighter II' Turbo cover artvsThe King of Fighters '98 cover art

Street Fighter II' TurbovsThe King of Fighters '98

Street Fighter II' Turbo leans Execution (Competitive PvP); The King of Fighters '98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Street Fighter II' TurboThe King of Fighters '98

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

The King of Fighters '98 leans harder on variance: Near-fully visible game state

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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The King of Fighters '98