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Police Quest II: The Vengeance cover artvsThe Room Two cover art

Police Quest II: The VengeancevsThe Room Two

Police Quest II: The Vengeance leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Room Two leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Police Quest II: The VengeanceThe Room Two

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.

Variance3 vs 2

Police Quest II: The Vengeance leans harder on variance: Story beats are unknown until first playthrough

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Police Quest II: The Vengeance

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The Room Two