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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsThe Last Express
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Last Express leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsThe Last Express
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
The Last Express leans harder on execution: Point-and-click with rare quick reactions
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.