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The Curse of Monkey Island cover artvsThe Inheritance of Crimson Manor cover art

The Curse of Monkey IslandvsThe Inheritance of Crimson Manor

The Curse of Monkey Island leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Inheritance of Crimson Manor leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
The Curse of Monkey IslandThe Inheritance of Crimson Manor

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Execution0 vs 1

The Inheritance of Crimson Manor leans harder on execution: First-person point-and-click, no twitch demand

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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The Inheritance of Crimson Manor