head to head
vs
Street Fighter III: 3rd StrikevsUltra Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Ultra Street Fighter IV leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Street Fighter III: 3rd StrikeUltra Street Fighter IV
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads10 vs 8
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike leans harder on reads: Parry is a pure real-time read against an adapting human - the defining mechanic
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.