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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition cover artvsUnforeseen Incidents cover art

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special EditionvsUnforeseen Incidents

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Unforeseen Incidents leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special EditionUnforeseen Incidents

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Unforeseen Incidents leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking through hand-painted scenes

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Unforeseen Incidents leans harder on variance: Clues and solutions are hidden until found

Optimization6 vs 6

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Unforeseen Incidents