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Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Tekken Tag Tournament leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS9 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads9 vs 8

Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact leans harder on reads: Parry baits versus adapting humans define the game

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Tekken Tag Tournament leans harder on optimization: Team synergy and tag combo routing are optimizable systems

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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