head to head
vs
Murdered: Soul SuspectvsWest of Loathing
Murdered: Soul Suspect leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); West of Loathing leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Murdered: Soul SuspectWest of Loathing
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 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
West of Loathing leans harder on optimization: Stat builds, item combos, and puzzle solutions are 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.