head to head

Murdered: Soul Suspect cover artvsThe 25th Ward: The Silver Case cover art

Murdered: Soul SuspectvsThe 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The 25th Ward: The Silver Case leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Murdered: Soul SuspectThe 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

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.

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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The 25th Ward: The Silver Case