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The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of FatevsThis Is the Police

The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of FateThis Is the Police

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Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate leans harder on variance: Puzzle solutions and potion recipes are hidden until found

Optimization6 vs 7

This Is the Police leans harder on optimization: Staffing, dispatch triage, and cash management 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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This Is the Police