head to head
vs
Disco Elysium: The Final CutvsMurdered: Soul Suspect
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Disco Elysium: The Final CutMurdered: Soul Suspect
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans harder on execution: Walking and clue-clicking; demon stealth is trivial
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 3
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans harder on variance: Dice checks and hidden thresholds gate outcomes
Optimization5 vs 4
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans harder on optimization: Skill builds and check preparation are the solvable layer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.