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CSI: Fatal Conspiracy cover artvsEscape from Monkey Island cover art

CSI: Fatal ConspiracyvsEscape from Monkey Island

CSI: Fatal Conspiracy leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Escape from Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /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.

Variance3 vs 2

CSI: Fatal Conspiracy leans harder on variance: Clues are hidden information until found

Optimization5 vs 6

Escape from Monkey Island leans harder on optimization: Once known, every puzzle has one fixed answer

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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CSI: Fatal Conspiracy

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Escape from Monkey Island