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Ape Escape 2 cover artvsBurnout Paradise cover art

Ape Escape 2vsBurnout Paradise

Ape Escape 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Burnout Paradise leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Ape Escape 2Burnout Paradise

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Ape Escape 2

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Burnout Paradise