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Street Fighter V leans Reads (Grand Arena); Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS9 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Street Fighter VUltimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans harder on execution: Long touch-of-death combos demand elite hands

Reads9 vs 8

Street Fighter V leans harder on reads: V-System neutral game heavily rewards opponent habit exploitation

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.

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