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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsWhere in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsWhere in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? leans harder on execution: No twitch demands, menu-driven investigation

Reads0 vs 1

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? leans harder on reads: Suspects are scripted, no opponent to model

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.

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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?