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Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon cover artvsGoodbye Deponia cover art

Broken Sword: The Sleeping DragonvsGoodbye Deponia

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Goodbye Deponia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Broken Sword: The Sleeping DragonGoodbye Deponia

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Goodbye Deponia leans harder on variance: Fixed narrative outcome with deterministic puzzles

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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Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

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Goodbye Deponia