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Chronology cover artvsHuman: Fall Flat cover art

ChronologyvsHuman: Fall Flat

Chronology leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Human: Fall Flat leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
ChronologyHuman: Fall Flat

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.

Variance0 vs 1

Human: Fall Flat leans harder on variance: Physics jank adds slapstick unpredictability

Optimization6 vs 5

Chronology leans harder on optimization: Time-manipulation puzzles each have one solvable answer

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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Human: Fall Flat