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Professor Layton and the Curious VillagevsThe Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve

Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Professor Layton and the Curious VillageThe Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans harder on execution: Stylus taps only; no dexterity pressure at all

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Professor Layton and the Curious Village leans harder on optimization: Every brainteaser has one clean solvable answer

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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The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve