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The Curse of Monkey Island cover artvsThe Franz Kafka Videogame cover art

The Curse of Monkey IslandvsThe Franz Kafka Videogame

The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Franz Kafka Videogame leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
The Curse of Monkey IslandThe Franz Kafka Videogame

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Execution0 vs 1

The Franz Kafka Videogame leans harder on execution: Clicking puzzle pieces requires no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

The Curse of Monkey Island leans harder on optimization: inventory logic puzzles are fully solvable

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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