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Black Mirror III: Final Fear cover artvsThe Dig cover art

Black Mirror III: Final FearvsThe Dig

Black Mirror III: Final Fear leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Dig leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Black Mirror III: Final FearThe Dig

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Black Mirror III: Final Fear leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking carries no physical ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Black Mirror III: Final Fear leans harder on variance: The mystery's truths are hidden until uncovered

Optimization6 vs 6

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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