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Broken Age cover artvsNancy Drew: Midnight in Salem cover art

Broken AgevsNancy Drew: Midnight in Salem

Broken Age leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Broken Age leans harder on execution: Touchscreen-friendly design demands zero physical precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem leans harder on variance: Hidden clues revealed by investigation, then mapped

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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