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Back to the Future cover artvsRayman Origins cover art

Back to the FuturevsRayman Origins

Back to the Future leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rayman Origins leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Back to the FutureRayman Origins

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Back to the Future leans harder on variance: Obstacle mixes vary slightly per attempt

Optimization3 vs 4

Rayman Origins leans harder on optimization: Lum routing for perfection

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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