head to head
vs
Disco Elysium: The Final CutvsThe Exit 8
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); The Exit 8 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Disco Elysium: The Final CutThe Exit 8
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
The Exit 8 leans harder on execution: Walking a corridor demands nothing physical
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
The Exit 8 leans harder on optimization: Memorising the anomaly catalogue converges to a checklist
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.