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Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Wolf Among Us leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution1 vs 2

The Wolf Among Us leans harder on execution: Action sequences use basic QTE with low penalty for failure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

The Wolf Among Us leans harder on optimization: Scene order and evidence collection allow minor optimisation of deduction paths

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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