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King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone TomorrowvsThe Curse of Monkey Island

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Execution1 vs 0

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking, occasional death timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow leans harder on optimization: Item logic and paths are fixed and solvable

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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The Curse of Monkey Island