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Dangerous Dave cover artvsRayman Legends cover art

Dangerous DavevsRayman Legends

Dangerous Dave leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rayman Legends leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Rayman Legends leans harder on execution: Tight 2D platforming and music levels

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Rayman Legends leans harder on variance: Fixed levels

Optimization4 vs 4

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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