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Human Resource Machine cover artvsSatisfactory cover art

Human Resource MachinevsSatisfactory

Human Resource Machine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Satisfactory leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION10 /10
Human Resource MachineSatisfactory

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.

Variance0 vs 1

Satisfactory leans harder on variance: Resource nodes are fixed once mapped.

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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Human Resource Machine

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Satisfactory