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No Case Should Remain Unsolved cover artvsZero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward cover art

No Case Should Remain UnsolvedvsZero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

No Case Should Remain Unsolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
No Case Should Remain UnsolvedZero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 3

No Case Should Remain Unsolved leans harder on variance: The truth is hidden information assembled piece by piece

Optimization8 vs 8

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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No Case Should Remain Unsolved

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Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward