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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsSherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsSherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 7
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring leans harder on variance: The case's clues are hidden information you must gather
Optimization6 vs 5
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans harder on optimization: Escape-room puzzles and route flowchart are fully solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.