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Back to the Future: The Game leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tales of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Back to the Future: The Game leans harder on optimization: Light item-logic puzzles drive each episode

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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Back to the Future: The Game

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Tales of Monkey Island