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Gamedec leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Execution0 vs 1

Murdered: Soul Suspect leans harder on execution: Walking and clue-clicking; demon stealth is trivial

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Gamedec leans harder on optimization: Deduction trees and profession synergies are solvable systems

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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Murdered: Soul Suspect