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King's QuestvsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

King's Quest leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

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.

Optimization5 vs 4

King's Quest leans harder on optimization: Puzzles have fixed solutions with multiple authored approaches

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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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP