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Escape from Monkey Island cover artvsPsychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin cover art

Escape from Monkey IslandvsPsychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin

Escape from Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Escape from Monkey IslandPsychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin

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 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Escape from Monkey Island

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Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin