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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3vsUltra Street Fighter IV

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Ultra Street Fighter IV leans Execution (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3Ultra Street Fighter IV

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

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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Ultra Street Fighter IV