head to head
Burnout ParadisevsLondon 2012: The Official Video Game
Burnout Paradise leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); London 2012: The Official Video Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Burnout ParadiseLondon 2012: The Official Video Game
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
London 2012: The Official Video Game leans harder on execution: Timing and rhythm inputs decide every Olympic event
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Burnout Paradise leans harder on variance: Crash physics and traffic spawns
Optimization3 vs 3
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

