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Professor Layton and the Diabolical BoxvsThimbleweed Park
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Thimbleweed Park leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Professor Layton and the Diabolical BoxThimbleweed Park
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Thimbleweed Park leans harder on execution: Classic SCUMM-style interface with no twitch elements
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Thimbleweed Park leans harder on optimization: Multi-character inventory puzzles demand systematic causal reasoning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.