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Day of the Tentacle Remastered cover artvsPuzzle Agent cover art

Day of the Tentacle RemasteredvsPuzzle Agent

Day of the Tentacle Remastered leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Puzzle Agent leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Day of the Tentacle RemasteredPuzzle Agent

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Puzzle Agent leans harder on reads: no adversarial opponent, single-player puzzles

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Puzzle Agent leans harder on optimization: logic puzzle solving is the entire test

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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