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Disco Elysium: The Final CutvsKathy Rain: Director's Cut
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Kathy Rain: Director's Cut leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Disco Elysium: The Final CutKathy Rain: Director's Cut
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking carries no motor test
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut leans harder on optimization: Inventory and dialogue puzzle chains have fixed solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.