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Day of the Tentacle Remastered cover artvsSteins;Gate cover art

Day of the Tentacle RemasteredvsSteins;Gate

Day of the Tentacle Remastered leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Steins;Gate leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Execution1 vs 0

Day of the Tentacle Remastered leans harder on execution: no physical skill, point-and-click

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Steins;Gate leans harder on optimization: Mapping exact phone responses to unlock the True End is 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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