head to head
vs
Disco Elysium: The Final CutvsSunless Sea
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Sunless Sea leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Disco Elysium: The Final CutSunless Sea
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Sunless Sea leans harder on execution: Slow boat combat barely tests the hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 7
Sunless Sea leans harder on variance: Hidden map, random events and unknown story branches dominate
Optimization5 vs 6
Sunless Sea leans harder on optimization: Trade routes and fuel math converge once mapped
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.