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Street Fighter II' Turbo cover artvsVirtua Fighter 4 cover art

Street Fighter II' TurbovsVirtua Fighter 4

Street Fighter II' Turbo leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Virtua Fighter 4 leans Reads (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Street Fighter II' TurboVirtua Fighter 4

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Street Fighter II' Turbo leans harder on execution: Charge timing and anti-air reactions at turbo speed

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Virtua Fighter 4 leans harder on variance: No randomness; pure visible neutral.

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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