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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage cover artvsStreets of Rage 4 cover art

FlatOut: Ultimate CarnagevsStreets of Rage 4

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Streets of Rage 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
FlatOut: Ultimate CarnageStreets of Rage 4

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage leans harder on variance: Debris and pileups scramble any planned lap

Optimization4 vs 5

Streets of Rage 4 leans harder on optimization: Character selection, route sequencing, and score management reward study

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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