head to head
vs
Kathy Rain: Director's CutvsThis Is the Police
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Kathy Rain: Director's CutThis Is the Police
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut leans harder on variance: The mystery's clues are hidden information until found
Optimization6 vs 7
This Is the Police leans harder on optimization: Staffing, dispatch triage, and cash management 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.