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Murdered: Soul Suspect cover artvsWelcome to Kowloon cover art

Murdered: Soul SuspectvsWelcome to Kowloon

Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Welcome to Kowloon leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Murdered: Soul SuspectWelcome to Kowloon

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.

Variance3 vs 4

Welcome to Kowloon leans harder on variance: Hidden horror events to uncover while exploring

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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