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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney cover artvsScratches: Director's Cut cover art

Apollo Justice: Ace AttorneyvsScratches: Director's Cut

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Scratches: Director's Cut leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Apollo Justice: Ace AttorneyScratches: Director's Cut

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.

Variance2 vs 3

Scratches: Director's Cut leans harder on variance: The mystery is hidden information revealed at fixed beats

Optimization7 vs 6

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney leans harder on optimization: Pinpointing forged evidence and witness tells is a logic puzzle with one solution

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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Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

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Scratches: Director's Cut