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Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil cover artvsProfessor Layton and the Diabolical Box cover art

Black Mirror II: Reigning EvilvsProfessor Layton and the Diabolical Box

Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Black Mirror II: Reigning EvilProfessor Layton and the Diabolical Box

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil leans harder on execution: no reflex demand, point-and-click paced

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box leans harder on variance: Puzzles are fixed; only their first encounter surprises

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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Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil

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Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box