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Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror cover artvsJurassic Park: The Game cover art

Broken Sword: The Smoking MirrorvsJurassic Park: The Game

Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Jurassic Park: The Game leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Broken Sword: The Smoking MirrorJurassic Park: The Game

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Jurassic Park: The Game leans harder on execution: QTE prompts are the only dexterity test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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

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Jurassic Park: The Game