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Astérix: Mega Madness cover artvsBurnout Paradise cover art

Astérix: Mega MadnessvsBurnout Paradise

Astérix: Mega Madness leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Burnout Paradise leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Burnout Paradise leans harder on execution: Boost timing, drift, takedown inputs

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 3

Burnout Paradise leans harder on optimization: Car collection and event routing

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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