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Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel cover artvsThe Curse of Monkey Island cover art

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death AngelvsThe Curse of Monkey Island

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death AngelThe Curse of Monkey Island

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel leans harder on execution: Parser typing and a fussy driving map

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

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The Curse of Monkey Island