head to head
vs
Street Fighter III: New GenerationvsThe King of Fighters '98
Street Fighter III: New Generation leans Reads (Competitive PvP); The King of Fighters '98 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Street Fighter III: New GenerationThe King of Fighters '98
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads9 vs 8
Street Fighter III: New Generation leans harder on reads: Parries turn every attack into a human prediction duel
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.