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On My Own cover artvsPenumbra: Black Plague cover art

On My OwnvsPenumbra: Black Plague

On My Own leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Penumbra: Black Plague leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
On My OwnPenumbra: Black Plague

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Penumbra: Black Plague leans harder on execution: Physics-grab interactions need only basic mouse control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 5

On My Own leans harder on variance: Weather and resource availability are randomized

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Penumbra: Black Plague