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The Curse of Monkey Island cover artvsThe Great Ace Attorney: Adventures cover art

The Curse of Monkey IslandvsThe Great Ace Attorney: Adventures

The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
The Curse of Monkey IslandThe Great Ace Attorney: Adventures

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures leans harder on variance: Case evidence is hidden until testimony reveals it

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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