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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc cover artvsReturn of the Tentacle cover art

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocvsReturn of the Tentacle

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Return of the Tentacle leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocReturn of the Tentacle

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 3

Return of the Tentacle leans harder on variance: Solutions are scripted-but-unknown until discovered

Optimization6 vs 7

Return of the Tentacle leans harder on optimization: Item-combination logic and dialogue trees are fully solvable

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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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

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Return of the Tentacle