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Day of the Tentacle Remastered cover artvsThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux cover art

Day of the Tentacle RemasteredvsThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux

Day of the Tentacle Remastered leans Optimization (Light / Casual); The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux leans harder on reads: no adversarial opponent, narrative mystery

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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Day of the Tentacle Remastered

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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux