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Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Tekken 6 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION9 /10READS9 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online EditionTekken 6

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads9 vs 8

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition leans harder on reads: Parries force constant prediction wars against an adapting human

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Tekken 6