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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3vsVirtua Fighter 2
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans Execution (Grand Arena); Virtua Fighter 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3Virtua Fighter 2
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 8
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 leans harder on optimization: Team composition and matchup knowledge run deep
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.