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Pocket Mortys cover artvsThe Curse of Monkey Island cover art

Pocket MortysvsThe Curse of Monkey Island

Pocket Mortys leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Pocket MortysThe Curse of Monkey Island

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Pocket Mortys leans harder on execution: Menu battles need no dexterity

Reads1 vs 0

Pocket Mortys leans harder on reads: Rival Ricks follow fixed AI behaviour

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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