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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsAI: The Somnium Files
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); AI: The Somnium Files leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsAI: The Somnium Files
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
AI: The Somnium Files leans harder on execution: Somnium object interactions have minor timing windows
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans harder on variance: Hidden story branches and twists drive first playthroughs
Optimization6 vs 6
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.