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Sorcery! Part 3 cover artvsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition cover art

Sorcery! Part 3vsThe Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Sorcery! Part 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Sorcery! Part 3The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Sorcery! Part 3 leans harder on execution: Tapping choices in text - no twitch component

Reads1 vs 0

Sorcery! Part 3 leans harder on reads: No adaptive opponent; foes follow fixed branching scripts

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Sorcery! Part 3

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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition