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Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Mystery Case Files: 13th SkullProfessor Layton and the Curious Village

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull leans harder on reads: No adaptive opponent, puzzles are fixed

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans harder on optimization: Every brainteaser has one clean solvable answer

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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Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull

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Professor Layton and the Curious Village