head to head

Murdered: Soul Suspect cover artvsSnufkin: Melody of Moominvalley cover art

Murdered: Soul SuspectvsSnufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Murdered: Soul SuspectSnufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley leans harder on execution: Gentle stealth and music minigames demand little

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Murdered: Soul Suspect leans harder on variance: Clues and case answers are hidden until found

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Murdered: Soul Suspect

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Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley