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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse cover artvsLast Day of June cover art

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CursevsLast Day of June

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Last Day of June leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CurseLast Day of June

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Last Day of June leans harder on execution: Slow walking and simple interactions, no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans harder on variance: Art-theft mystery hides its heretical secret initially.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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