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Factorio cover artvsFoundry cover art

FactoriovsFoundry

Factorio leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Foundry leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION10 /10
FactorioFoundry

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Foundry leans harder on variance: Procedural voxel world is unknown until explored

Optimization10 vs 10

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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