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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CursevsLeisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CurseLeisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 6

Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) leans harder on variance: Obscure item uses and sudden deaths are hidden until suffered

Optimization5 vs 4

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans harder on optimization: Modern hint-friendly puzzles with fixed intended solutions.

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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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

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Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)