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Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Unpacking leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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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.

Variance2 vs 1

Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered leans harder on variance: Puzzle solutions are hidden information until found

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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Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered

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