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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis cover artvsMyst III: Exile cover art

Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisvsMyst III: Exile

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Myst III: Exile leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisMyst III: Exile

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking, light fistfight option

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 4

Myst III: Exile leans harder on variance: Unknown world mechanics until explored; fixed once mapped.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

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Myst III: Exile