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Escape from Monkey Island cover artvsPost Mortem cover art

Escape from Monkey IslandvsPost Mortem

Escape from Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Post Mortem leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Escape from Monkey IslandPost Mortem

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Escape from Monkey Island leans harder on execution: Pointing and walking only

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Post Mortem leans harder on variance: The conspiracy is hidden information revealed by investigation

Optimization6 vs 6

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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