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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsDisco Elysium
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Disco Elysium leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsDisco Elysium
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Disco Elysium leans harder on reads: Dialogue partners are scripted, not modeling you
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Disco Elysium leans harder on optimization: Build skills and route choices to pass checks
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.