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Burnout Paradise cover artvsRayman Arena cover art

Burnout ParadisevsRayman Arena

Burnout Paradise leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rayman Arena leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Burnout ParadiseRayman Arena

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Rayman Arena leans harder on reads: Human rivals add light jockeying, little depth

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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.

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Burnout Paradise

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Rayman Arena