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Fatum Betula cover artvsFran Bow cover art

Fatum BetulavsFran Bow

Fatum Betula leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Fran Bow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Fatum BetulaFran Bow

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Fatum Betula leans harder on variance: Obscure endings are hidden until experimentation reveals them

Optimization4 vs 5

Fran Bow leans harder on optimization: Fixed puzzle solutions; fully solvable

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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Fatum Betula

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