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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CursevsPhantasmagoria
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Phantasmagoria leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's CursePhantasmagoria
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Phantasmagoria leans harder on execution: Point-and-click with rare timed scenes
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.