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DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DREDGENancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

DREDGE leans harder on execution: Fishing minigames and night dodging, light demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill leans harder on variance: The culprit and clues are hidden information to uncover

Optimization6 vs 6

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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