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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition cover artvsThe Testament of Sherlock Holmes cover art

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special EditionvsThe Testament of Sherlock Holmes

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Testament of Sherlock Holmes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special EditionThe Testament of Sherlock Holmes

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 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes leans harder on optimization: The deduction board is a solvable logic puzzle

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 Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes