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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut cover artvsVoice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars cover art

Disco Elysium: The Final CutvsVoice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Disco Elysium: The Final CutVoice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans harder on variance: Dice checks and hidden thresholds gate outcomes

Optimization5 vs 6

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars leans harder on optimization: Party builds and skill economy are straightforwardly solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

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Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars