head to head

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors cover artvsZak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders cover art

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsvsZak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine DoorsZak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

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 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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999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders