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A Date in the Park cover artvsEscape from Monkey Island cover art

A Date in the ParkvsEscape from Monkey Island

A Date in the Park leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Escape from Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
A Date in the ParkEscape from Monkey Island

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Escape from Monkey Island leans harder on execution: Pointing and walking only

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Escape from Monkey Island leans harder on optimization: Once known, every puzzle has one fixed answer

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 Date in the Park

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Escape from Monkey Island