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SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month cover artvsTales of Monkey Island cover art

SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the MonthvsTales of Monkey Island

SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tales of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the MonthTales of Monkey Island

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking asks nothing of the hands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Tales of Monkey Island leans harder on variance: Modern design telegraphs most puzzle information.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month

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Tales of Monkey Island