head to head
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Device 6vsHotel Dusk: Room 215
Device 6 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Device 6Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans harder on execution: Stylus puzzles need negligible dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans harder on variance: Story info hidden until questioned out
Optimization7 vs 5
Device 6 leans harder on optimization: Deciphering layout-as-map puzzles is pure deduction
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.