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Bad North cover artvsOn My Own cover art

Bad NorthvsOn My Own

Bad North leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); On My Own leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Bad NorthOn My Own

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Bad North leans harder on execution: Real-time orders need only light micro.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 6

On My Own leans harder on variance: Weather and resource availability are randomized

Optimization7 vs 7

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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