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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on YouvsPapers, Please
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Papers, Please leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on YouPapers, Please
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 4
Papers, Please leans harder on execution: Document-checking speed directly pays the rent
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 7
Papers, Please leans harder on optimization: Internalizing rulebooks and inspection workflow efficiency
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.