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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark cover artvsThe Room Three cover art

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the DarkvsThe Room Three

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Room Three leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the DarkThe Room Three

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.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

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The Room Three