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Street Fighter X Tekken cover artvsSuper Street Fighter IV cover art

Street Fighter X TekkenvsSuper Street Fighter IV

Street Fighter X Tekken leans Execution (Grand Arena); Super Street Fighter IV leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Street Fighter X TekkenSuper Street Fighter IV

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 8

Super Street Fighter IV leans harder on reads: Footsies, throw tech and conditioning a human are the core

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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Street Fighter X Tekken

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