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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge cover artvsPolice Quest III: The Kindred cover art

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengevsPolice Quest III: The Kindred

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Police Quest III: The Kindred leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengePolice Quest III: The Kindred

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Police Quest III: The Kindred leans harder on variance: Case clues are hidden until you investigate

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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Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

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Police Quest III: The Kindred