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Hitman Go cover artvsHuman Resource Machine cover art

Hitman GovsHuman Resource Machine

Hitman Go leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Human Resource Machine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Hitman GoHuman Resource Machine

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Human Resource Machine leans harder on execution: Dragging instructions has no timing component

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 10

Human Resource Machine leans harder on optimization: Writing minimal correct assembly-like programs to pass each input sequence

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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