head to head
Broken Sword: The Sleeping DragonvsHocus
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hocus leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Broken Sword: The Sleeping DragonHocus
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 0
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon leans harder on optimization: item and dialogue logic puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

