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Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes cover artvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition cover art

Nancy Drew: Alibi in AshesvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Nancy Drew: Alibi in AshesThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking, no physical performance ceiling

Reads1 vs 0

Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes leans harder on reads: Suspects are scripted, no mind to out-predict

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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