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Arkanoid: Doh It Again cover artvsFlatOut 2 cover art

Arkanoid: Doh It AgainvsFlatOut 2

Arkanoid: Doh It Again leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); FlatOut 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Arkanoid: Doh It AgainFlatOut 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

FlatOut 2 leans harder on reads: No adaptive opposition worth modeling

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

FlatOut 2 leans harder on optimization: Track knowledge and car tuning settle into routine

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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Arkanoid: Doh It Again

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FlatOut 2