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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc cover artvsDark Arcana: The Carnival cover art

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocvsDark Arcana: The Carnival

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Dark Arcana: The Carnival leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocDark Arcana: The Carnival

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Dark Arcana: The Carnival leans harder on variance: Object locations are unknown until spotted

Optimization6 vs 5

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc leans harder on optimization: Gathering evidence and building the correct argument chain is a solvable deduction loop

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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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

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Dark Arcana: The Carnival