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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders cover artvsSherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments cover art

Agatha Christie: The ABC MurdersvsSherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Agatha Christie: The ABC MurdersSherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments leans harder on execution: Minor minigames, no real dexterity ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments leans harder on optimization: Deduction chains have correct solvable answers

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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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments