head to head
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special EditionvsVampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special EditionVampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
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
Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong leans harder on variance: Hidden information drives the investigations
Optimization6 vs 5
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition leans harder on optimization: Once solutions are known the game is fully solved
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

