head to head
vs
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective ClubvsThe Dig
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Dig leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective ClubThe Dig
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.
Variance4 vs 3
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club leans harder on variance: Urban-legend mystery keeps the culprit and motive hidden.
Optimization5 vs 6
The Dig leans harder on optimization: Machine puzzles have single fixed solutions to deduce.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.