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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3vsUnder Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes leans Reads (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION9 /10READS8 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

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

Reads8 vs 9

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes leans harder on reads: GRD tug-of-war with a human opponent is persistently adaptive

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes leans harder on optimization: GRD management theory and optimal punish routing are well-documented

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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