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9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek cover artvsDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc cover art

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent CreekvsDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent CreekDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

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.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc leans harder on optimization: Gathering evidence and building the correct argument chain is a solvable deduction loop

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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9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc