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Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst cover artvsThe Cat Lady cover art

Mystery Case Files: Return to RavenhearstvsThe Cat Lady

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Cat Lady leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Mystery Case Files: Return to RavenhearstThe Cat Lady

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst leans harder on reads: No opponent exists to predict in this solo game

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst leans harder on optimization: Puzzle solving and object-finding logic is the entire test

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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