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Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp SeedsvsHotel Dusk: Room 215
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp SeedsHotel Dusk: Room 215
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans harder on execution: Stylus puzzles need negligible dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans harder on optimization: Choosing right dialogue and solving set puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.