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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers cover artvsGorogoa cover art

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the FathersvsGorogoa

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Gorogoa leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the FathersGorogoa

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

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers leans harder on variance: Voodoo mystery hidden until uncovered once

Optimization6 vs 7

Gorogoa leans harder on optimization: Each panel arrangement has one elegant solvable answer

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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