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Black the Fall cover artvsSteamWorld Dig cover art

Black the FallvsSteamWorld Dig

Black the Fall leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); SteamWorld Dig leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

SteamWorld Dig leans harder on variance: Randomised mine layouts hide ore and hazards each run

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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