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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Detective Pikachu leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs leans harder on variance: First-run unknowns are the whole experience; spoilers defuse it

Optimization5 vs 4

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs leans harder on optimization: Light puzzles and routes are trivially solvable on repeat

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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Detective Pikachu