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A Case of Distrust cover artvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition cover art

A Case of DistrustvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

A Case of Distrust leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
A Case of DistrustThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

A Case of Distrust leans harder on reads: Suspects lie by script, not in response to you

Variance4 vs 3

A Case of Distrust leans harder on variance: The mystery is hidden information until evidence reveals it

Optimization6 vs 6

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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A Case of Distrust

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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition