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This Is the Police cover artvsUnheard cover art

This Is the PolicevsUnheard

This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Unheard leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
This Is the PoliceUnheard

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

This Is the Police leans harder on execution: Menu-driven dispatching, no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Unheard leans harder on variance: Identities are hidden until audio clues connect

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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