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Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier cover artvsThe Room Three cover art

Space Quest 6: The Spinal FrontiervsThe Room Three

Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Room Three leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Space Quest 6: The Spinal FrontierThe Room Three

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 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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Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier

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The Room Three