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Please, Don't Touch Anything cover artvsThe Curse of Monkey Island cover art

Please, Don't Touch AnythingvsThe Curse of Monkey Island

Please, Don't Touch Anything leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Please, Don't Touch AnythingThe Curse of Monkey Island

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Please, Don't Touch Anything leans harder on execution: Pressing buttons takes no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Please, Don't Touch Anything leans harder on variance: Hidden endings are unknown information to uncover

Optimization7 vs 7

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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