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Flight of the Amazon Queen cover artvsTales of Monkey Island cover art

Flight of the Amazon QueenvsTales of Monkey Island

Flight of the Amazon Queen leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Tales of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Flight of the Amazon QueenTales of Monkey Island

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Flight of the Amazon Queen leans harder on variance: Puzzle items are hidden until found, then fixed

Optimization5 vs 5

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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