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The King of Fighters XV cover artvsUltra Street Fighter IV cover art

The King of Fighters XVvsUltra Street Fighter IV

The King of Fighters XV leans Execution (Grand Arena); Ultra Street Fighter IV leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION8 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The King of Fighters XVUltra Street Fighter IV

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Ultra Street Fighter IV leans harder on execution: One-frame links and FADC timing set a brutal hands ceiling

Reads8 vs 8

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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