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Beijing 2008 cover artvsRayman Legends cover art

Beijing 2008vsRayman Legends

Beijing 2008 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rayman Legends leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Beijing 2008Rayman Legends

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Beijing 2008 leans harder on reads: Rivals race in parallel; local humans add a sliver

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Rayman Legends leans harder on optimization: Time trial 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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