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Once Human cover artvsUnderMine cover art

Once HumanvsUnderMine

Once Human leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); UnderMine leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Once HumanUnderMine

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 6

UnderMine leans harder on variance: Random layouts, relics, and curses each run

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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