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Burnout Legends cover artvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves cover art

Burnout LegendsvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves

Burnout Legends leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Burnout LegendsWarioWare: Smooth Moves

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Burnout Legends leans harder on reads: Rival racers are rubber-banded scripts

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Burnout Legends leans harder on optimization: Track shortcuts and takedown routes are learnable

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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WarioWare: Smooth Moves