head to head
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengevsPolice Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengePolice Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
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: In Pursuit of the Death Angel leans harder on variance: Unknown procedures punish first-timers
Optimization8 vs 7
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge leans harder on optimization: Multi-step puzzle chains reward systematic item and dialogue mapping
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

